Planes land following massive airstrikes against the Germans in Sable-Sur-Sarthe, France, in World War II

MS plane lands, ground flare sparks at side of runway / LS smoke rises from field at dusk / MS group of airmen stand together near bunker and truck, one man on bicycle / MS from above seven B-26 airplanes fly in formation / CU airman fires flare from airfield / CU airman fires flare from cockpit / MS sparks fly from flare at side of runway / MS plane lands as flare sparks on side of runway, four men stand by / VS closer up planes land / MS man sets flare on side of runway and runs as plane approaches / VS planes land on runway with lighted flares beside it / CU man shoots flare from cockpit / CU man takes flare from box, loads it and takes aim / CU five airmen look to sky / CU one airman looks up / MS General Dwight D. Eisenhower stands with other officers on observation deck / VS airplanes land with flares on side of the runway / CU man in military vehicle looks out the window and up / VS planes land on flare lit runway / Note: exact day not known