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 aircraft 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.
Wearing the identification code D1+4?
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka[]
Probably from a Nazi propaganda movie (which one ?).
Junkers Ju 87 A 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 dead.
Towed by a Douglas C-47 Skytrain.
Heinkel He 111[]
Dornier Do 17 Z[]
DFS 230[]
Taken by the third man aboard a DFS 230 glider.
Messerschmitt Bf 110 B[]
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E[]
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 190 A[]
Messerschmitt Me 321 Gigant[]
Towed by a troika of three Messerschmitt Bf 110.
Messerschmitt Bf 110 C[]
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 shot in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress[]
Boeing B-17C USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) s/n 40-2074 at Hickam Field.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Curtiss P-40B Warhawk[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Vought OS2U Kingfisher[]
Piper L-4 Cub[]
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 87 D Stuka[]
Junkers Ju 88[]
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