English: D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944
Part of 6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division, waiting to leave RAF Tarrant Rushton on the evening of 6 June 1944. On the runway are Hamilcar heavy gliders, preceded by two Horsa troop-carrying gliders, while parked on each side of them are Handley Page Halifax glider-tugs of Nos. 298 and 644 Squadrons RAF.
Date
between 1939 and 1945
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1939-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Part of
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Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection
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Associated people and organisations
British Army, 6th Airborne Division, Royal Air Force, 38 Group, Royal Air Force, 298 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 644 Squadron
Associated places
Tarrant Rushton, Dorset, England, UK
Associated events
Operation Mallard 1944, North West Europe, Second World War, D-Day, Normandy Landings 1944, North West Europe, Second World War, Operation Overlord, Second World War
Associated themes
Airborne Forces, Normandy Landings 1944, Royal Air Force 1939-1945
Associated keywords
Operations, Aerial Warfare
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photographs
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