AIRBORNE OPERATIONS, AIRFIELD A-66, COULOMMIERS, FRANCE ; GLIDER LOADING, COULOMMIERS, FRANCE Part 2
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Signal Corps 11 DC ADC 3668 668 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1459) FILM: ARCH & APC MP 700' ea Silent LIB 4534 AIRBORNE OPERATIONS Airfield A-66, Coulommiers France 24 Mar 45 Dusk shots, paratroopers of 194th Glider Inf Regt march onto field and enter gliders. CUs, individual officers and men near gliders check each other's gear. Daylight shots, men enter gliders. Various angles, C-47s take-off towing two gliders each. CUs, soldier with paddle signals pilot for take-off. LS, massed gliders and planes circle over field; others in bg. Excellent CUs, tow line from gliders to tow plane unwinds as C-47 taxis. LIB 4537 GLIDER LOADING Record Group 111 Coulommiers, France Accession Number III-NAV-210 21 Mar 45 AVs (some shaky), airstrips with massed gliders parked on edges of the fields. AVs, gliders on strip; paratroopers walk toward planes. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35TH AVE., LIC 1, NY EBS/sj
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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