Units
Picture: A Mosquito NF 30 returns from a night interdiction mission.
Air Forces operational on 5th June 1944
The sheer scale of the aerial armada assembled to support the landings in Normandy is difficult to grasp. Every conceivable type of Allied aircraft was involved in the battle, from light, two-seat artillery observation posts to heavy bombers and assault gliders. Opposing them was the full strength of Luftflotte III, the Luftwaffe command that had been based in France since 1940 and comprised of a large number of day- and night-fighter and medium bomber units.
Listed here are the units from the Allied and German air forces which took part in the actions over Normandy.