Absolutely worth watching, they all are. This one is from the American angle and talks a lot about their hypocrytical race laws and poor women’s rights, etc., but has a lot of interesting combat footage too. They showed footage of the Tuskagee airmen training, and also the women ferry pilots, in tonights one. Coloured footage of Liberators in formation too, and lots of B17’s over Europe (some of which is from The Memphis Belle).

I preferred the first series and the second one based on the British War best. Maybe because John Thaw was so superb, I really miss him. The The Colour of War: ANZACs was a good series too, lots of previously unseen stuff.

Thanks Chris, that second one, the DC5 looks very much like it. I think that is the very aeroplane.

I’d never seen or heard of one of these before. Cheers. And still flying today?

It worked this time, thank you

Cheers Mike,

Maybe there’s a few more bits for 682al in the Russian tundra?

You’re getting there Stewart.

The AW Albemarle was the first type (8 of from 296 Sqn) to drop paratroops for D Day. The paras were from the 5th Parachute Brigade , dropped late on the 5th of June 1944, 40 minutes behind the Pathfinders.

See this page here
http://www.hsgalleries.com/gallery04/albermarlepn_1.htm
on which is an awesome computer-generated painting of that op…

That was quicker than I thought, well done both.

But – what was the types greatest claim to fame? Or let’s put it this way, probably the type’s most important or notable event – an event that has become long forgotten.