Allied bombers prepare for their part in D-Day 70 years ago this hour (June 6 1944)


Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 3:00 a.m. BDST at 20:37)

(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 3:00 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/9:00 p.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); three hours before the Normandy landings on the Western Front of World War II) — At air bases all over southern England, Allied bombers are being prepared for their part in D-Day.