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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: USAF 51618 A.C.
Normandy Invasion, June 1944
9th Air Force gliders clutter fields near Cherbourg, during airborne
landings in support of the Normandy invasion. Other gliders,
and their C-47 tow planes, are overhead.
Note "Sherman" tanks on the road in the middle distance.
Official U.S. Air Force Photograph.
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