Description

Airborne is a 1962 American film directed by James Landis and starring Bobby Diamond. As of 2009 it is in the Public Domain and can be streamed on YouTube or downloaded via the Internet Archive. The film tells the story of a young man (Diamond) and his journey to become a US paratrooper. It was made with the cooperation of the US Army and was filmed entirely on location in Fort Bragg (North Carolina), North Carolina, the training ground of the US 82nd Airborne Division.

Filming Locations

Filmed entirely on location at Ft. Bragg, Aberdeen, NC, and Fayetteville, NC.

Cast

• Bobby Diamond as Pvt. Eddie Slocum
• Carolyn Byrd as Jenny May
• Robert Christian as Pvt. Rocky Layman
• Mike Angel as Pvt. Mouse Talliaferro
• Bill Hale as Sgt. Benner
• Whitey Hughes as Sgt. White
• James Maydock as Pvt. Barnowski
• George Marlowe as Pvt. Erski
• Keith Babcock as Pvt. Gordblitz
• Barbara Markham as Bertha
• Bob May (actor)
• D.J. Sullivan
• L. Blue
• John Smothergood
• Carl C. Allgood