1944年6月5日深夜,一个由6架滑翔机组成的小型编队从英国起飞,准备渗入法国北部上空。这次行动将把一支精锐的英国伞兵突击队投放到目的地:坐落在奥恩河和卡昂运河上的两座公路桥。参于此战的伞兵此前都接受了为时甚久的艰苦训练,现在正为取得诺曼底大反攻中的第一场胜利而激动不已。然而,对于乘坐在第4号滑翔机里的官兵们来说,他们所要经历的,远远超出了计划者最初的设想。 Late on the night of June 5, 1944, a small formation of six gliders took off from the United Kingdom in preparation for infiltration into northern France. The operation will put an elite British paratrooper commando to their destination: two road bridges on the Orne and Caen Canal. Parachutists participating in the war had previously been subjected to a long and hard training, and are now excited to win the first victory in the Normandy counter-offensive. However, for officers and men riding in Glider 4, what they are going through goes well beyond what was originally planned by the planners.