Paratroopers waiting in England for "The longest day", on the evening of June 5, 1944, bound for the Cotentin peninsula; France...

The Airborne Invasion about to begin

The men of the 506th parachute regiment of the 101st Airborne Division within the airfield of England in the late hours of June 5, 1944

Waiting for departure for Normandy 

The Waco CG-4 was the most widely used American troop/cargo military glider of World War II. It was designated the CG-4A by the United States Army Air Forces,[1] and given the service name Hadrian (after the Roman emperor) by the British.