Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of WWII

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Silent Wings : The American Glider Pilots of WWII title screen.

Documentary (2007)

Starring:
Hal Holbrook (Narrator)
Leo Cordier (Himself)
Andrew Rooney (Himself)

The whole story of american gliders, from the early race to build unpowered aircrafts to the D-Day invasion at Normandy and Nazi Germany's final surrender. Covers the source of this concept, mainly in Germany.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Junkers Ju-52/3m

Numerous airframes seen throughout the first half of the documentary.
The first one is coded D-AXIO Junkers Ju-52/3m of the Luftwaffe.

Junkers Ju-87B Stuka

Probably from a nazi propaganda movie (which one ?).

Junkers Ju-87A Stuka

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Waco CG-4A

Lt Leo Cordier ready for his fifth combat glider landing.

Waco CG-4A-RO

Crash of Waco CG-4A-RO s/n 42-78839. Robertson Aircraft Company in St. Louis was contracting to build Waco CG-4A-RO gliders under license. Several VIPs were getting a demonstration ride on 1st August 1943. 10 deads.

Towed by a Douglas C-47 Skytrain.

Heinkel He 111

Dornier Do 17Z

DFS 230

Taken by the third man aboard a DFS 230 glider.

Messerschmitt Bf 110B

Messerschmitt Bf 109E

Gotha Go 242

Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Heinkel He 51

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Towing Horsa gliders (look bottom).

Curtiss-Wright C-46A Commando

Various Aircraft

Wright Field during the early thirties. The widest shape is probably a Boeing B-9.

Different kind of projects and studies.

Focke-Wulfe Fw 190A

Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant

Towed by a troika of three Messerschmitt Bf 110.

Messerschmitt Bf 110C

PZL P.24

Remains of the PZL P.24 Delta 126 of the Greek Air Force.

Avro 626

Unidentified Aircraft

Greek Campaign of 1941. Could it be a RAF Blenheim ?

Stinson L-1 Vigilant

Unidentified Training Glider

The poor quality od this screenshot doesn't allow to distinguish a Frankfort TG-1 from a Schweizer (TG-2 or TG-3) or a Laister-Kauffman TG-4.

Schweizer TG-2

Mitsubishi G3M

Mitsubishi Ki-30

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Nakajima B5N

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

Aichi D3A

Mitsubishi A5M

Nakajima Ki-27

Consolidated PBY Catalina

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Curtiss P-40 B

Vought OS2U Kingfisher

Piper L-4 Cub

Unidentified Aircraft

Curtiss JN Jenny

Same Barnstormer, "Jersey" Ringel, seen in Mystères d'archives (TV Series) Season One, Episode One.

Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I

LC797, an Airspeed AS.51 Horsa used by american troops.

North American B-25 Mitchell

Hawker Hurricane

North American P-51A Mustang

Probably from the 1st Air Commando Group, CBI theatre.

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Junkers Ju-87D Stuka

Junkers Ju-88

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See also

• Silent Wings : The American Glider Pilots of WWII at IMDb