43 items in this album on 3 pages.
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Controls of a Horsa glider, 1942 | Halifax bomber towing Horsa glider into the air, date unknown | Horsa glider in flight over the English countryside, circa 1943. | Horsa glider on landing approach with all flaps down, date unknown |
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WAAF personnel working on a Horsa aircraft of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 1940s; note Whitley glider tugs in background | Paratroops leaving an Airspeed Horsa training aircraft of No. 21 Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Brize Norton, England, United Kingdom, 24 Jun 1943. The paratroops were taking part in a press day exercise. | Horsa glider on its nose after landing near Syracuse, Sicily, 10 Jul1943 | British troops loading field gun aboard Horsa Mk II glider with glider nose section swung away, date unknown |
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Stripped US Army airborne jeep exiting a Horsa glider, date unknown; note jeep's lack of ends of the front bumper, and some body and fender panels | Three Horsa gliders landing, pre-May 1944 | British troops towing a field gun with jeep, with ammunition boxes on the hood, England, United Kingdom, 1944; note Horsa glider in background | Civilian workers pose with sections of an Airspeed Horsa glider, as received from the manufacturers, before assembly at No. 6 Maintenance Unit, Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, 26 Apr 1944. |
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C-47 Skytrains and Horsa gliders from the 438th Troop Carrier Group lined up at Greenham Common, Newbury, Berkshire, England, prior to the D-Day invasion of France. | CG-4A and Horsa gliders at an English airfield preparing for the Normandy invasion, May 1944; note the application of invasion stripes still in-progress | Troops of 325th Glider Infantry of US 82nd Airborne Division in a Horsa glider, training or preparing for Normandy, France invasion, England, United Kingdom, May-Jun 1944 | Horsa gliders line up in preparation for invasion, England, United Kingdom, May-Jun 1944 |
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A Jeep full of US 101st Airborne paratroopers at a Normandy check-point, Jun 1944. Note Horsa gliders in the background and a box of full M1 Garand ammunition clips in the immediate foreground behind the MP’s leg. | British troops loading 6-pdr anti-tank gun aboard Horsa Mk I glider through side door, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944; note gun's legs were modified to fit in glider | US troops preparing to board Horsa gliders for Normandy, France assault, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2 | US troops preparing to board Horsa gliders for Normandy, France assault, England, United Kingdom, Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2; note RAF markings recently painted over with USAAF markings |
43 items in this album on 3 pages.