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A-20 Havoc bombers of US 416th Bomb Group attacking German road networks in Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	British airborne troops admiring the graffiti chalked on the side of their Horsa Mk I glider, 6 Jun 1944	Crash-landed Allied Horsa Mk I glider near Hiesville, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	Crews examine flak damage to B-17G Fortress at RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. Damage sustained on mission to Munich, Germany, Jul 6 1944. Note "Mickey" pathfinder radar dome in place of ball turret.

Hamilcar gliders of 6th Airlanding Brigade carrying light armored vehicles coming into landing near Ranville, France, afternoon of 6 Jun 1944; note gliders' steep angle of approach.	Normandy Landing Zone 'N' littered with Horsa gliders and one Hamilcar glider (lower right), Ranville, France, 6 Jun 1944	Pre-invasion bombing by A-20 bombers of Pointe du Hoc at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	RAF C-47 Dakota aircraft towing Waco Hadrian gliders, 6 Jun 1944; note invasion stripes on all aircraft

Riflemen of 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles, 6th Airlanding Brigade, UK 6th Airborne Division aboard a jeep and trailer, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944; note Horsa glider in background	Skytrain transports flew over Utah Beach, 6 Jun 1944	TBM Avenger landing on USS Guadalcanal about 6 Jun 1944 while the carrier was towing the captured submarine U-505. Guadalcanal’s hunter group captured U-505 in the western Atlantic on 4 Jun 1944.	A-20G Havoc aircraft over Le Molay-Littry, France, 7 Jun 1944

Horsa glider and the remains of its occupants, Cotentin Peninsula, France, Jun 1944	Lance Corporal A. Burton and Lance Corporal L. Barnett of British 6th Airborne Division at a road junction near Ranville, France, 7 Jun 1944; note Horsa glider in background	USAAF Transport Command C-47 Skytrain aircraft towing Waco CG-4A gliders, Normandy, France, 7 Jun 1944.	Truck moving across the Caen Canal at Pegasus Bridge, Bénouville, France, 9 Jun 1944; note grounded Horsa glider in background

USS Intrepid departing San Francisco, California, 9 Jun 1944 packed with vehicles, equipment, and aircraft including SBD Dauntless, F6F Hellcats, C-45 Expeditors, PV-1 Venturas, and P-61 Black Widows. Photo 1 of 3	USS Intrepid departing San Francisco, California, 9 Jun 1944 packed with vehicles, equipment, and aircraft including SBD Dauntless, F6F Hellcats, C-45 Expeditors, PV-1 Venturas, and P-61 Black Widows. Photo 2 of 3	USS Intrepid departing San Francisco, California, 9 Jun 1944 packed with vehicles, equipment, and aircraft including SBD Dauntless, F6F Hellcats, C-45 Expeditors, PV-1 Venturas, and P-61 Black Widows. Photo 3 of 3	An M4 Sherman tank of the British 13th/18th Royal Hussars in action against German troops while passing a crashed Horsa glider near Ranville, France, 10 Jun 1944.