A quiet moment at an Allied airfield in England, 1944, where fighter aircraft — likely P-47 Thunderbolts — sit dispersed on the tarmac near a corrugated Nissen hut and improvised hay-bale blast walls. Fields like this one supported the massive buildup of Allied air and airborne power in the months before D-Day, part of the network of bases from which units such as the 101st Airborne Division prepared for the invasion of Normandy. Project: 218245