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1942 USA: Airmen learn glider flying to serve airborne invasion battalions
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0:42Now PlayingDate: 1st June 1942
Location: MAINE, U.S.A.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
USA: Maine:
Maine, U.S.A.: GV about six gliders lined up on ground. SCU two pilots in glider. LV plane takes off towing slider. AV from plane showing three gliders being towed. GV planes towing gliders. SAV six gliders. SAV three gliders. SAV three gliders. LV pan three gliders landing.
United States of America; Military - Active; Aviation
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