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AIRBORNE TROOPS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF IN A HORSA GLIDER (CH 10204) Original wartime caption: These airborne troops have finished their training, and are ready for posting to an operational station. Here they are about to take off in a Horsa glider. Picture (issued 1943) shows – Airborne troops arrive at the Horsa glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449882
AIRBORNE TROOPS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF IN A HORSA GLIDER (CH 10205) Original wartime caption: For introduction see CH.10204 Picture (issued 1943) shows – A final inspection before the take off. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449883
AIRBORNE TROOPS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF IN A HORSA GLIDER (CH 10206) Original wartime caption: For introduction see CH.10204 Picture (issued 1943) shows – Waiting for the word ‘go’ Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449884
AIRBORNE TROOPS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF IN A HORSA GLIDER (CH 10207) Original wartime caption: For introduction see CH.10204 Picture (issued 1943) shows - Loading into the Horsa. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449885
AIRBORNE TROOPS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF IN A HORSA GLIDER (CH 10207) Original wartime caption: For introduction see CH.10204 Picture (issued 1943) shows – Loading into the Horsa. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449885
AIRBORNE TROOPS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF IN A HORSA GLIDER (CH 10209) Original wartime caption: For introduction see CH.10204 Picture (issued 1943) shows – An airborne soldier. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449886
AIRBORNE TROOPS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF IN A HORSA GLIDER (CH 10207) Original wartime caption: For introduction see CH.10204 Picture (issued 1943) shows – Loading into the Horsa. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449887
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10341) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Towed by a Whitley aircraft. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065091
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10341) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Towed by a Whitley aircraft. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065091
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10342) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Being towed by a Whitley aircraft. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065092
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10342) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Being towed by a Whitley aircraft. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065092
ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945. (CH 10343) An Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley Mark V glider tug of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit, tows an Airspeed Horsa over the airfield at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210401
ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945. (CH 10343) An Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley Mark V glider tug of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit, tows an Airspeed Horsa over the airfield at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210401
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10344) Troop and freight carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065093
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10344) Troop and freight carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065093
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10345) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Coming in to land. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065094
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10345) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Coming in to land. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065094
TRAINING 'HORSA' GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10347) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 Glider formation flying. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449990
TRAINING ‘HORSA’ GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10347) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 Glider formation flying. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449990
TRAINING 'HORSA' GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10348) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 Horsa glider in flight against a background of large cumulus cloud. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449991
TRAINING ‘HORSA’ GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10348) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 Horsa glider in flight against a background of large cumulus cloud. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449991
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10349) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065096
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10349) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065096
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10350) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065097
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10350) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065097
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AW.38 WHITLEY. (CH 10351) Whitley Mark V glider tug, BD661 ?25?, of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit coming in to land over a line of Airspeed Horsas at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126968
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH AW.38 WHITLEY. (CH 10351) Whitley Mark V glider tug, BD661 ?25?, of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit coming in to land over a line of Airspeed Horsas at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126968
TRAINING 'HORSA' GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10352) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 The 'tug' pilot brings his Whitley in to land, having released the glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449992
TRAINING ‘HORSA’ GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10352) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 The ‘tug’ pilot brings his Whitley in to land, having released the glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449992
TRAINING 'HORSA' GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10353) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 'Tug' and glider in flight. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449993
TRAINING ‘HORSA’ GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10353) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 ‘Tug’ and glider in flight. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449993
TRAINING 'HORSA' GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10354) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 'Tug' and gliders in flight. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449994
TRAINING ‘HORSA’ GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10354) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 ‘Tug’ and gliders in flight. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449994
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: AIRSPEED AS.51 HORSA. (CH 10356) Horsa Mark I, DP383 ?46?, of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit, on the ground at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126967
AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1939-1945: AIRSPEED AS.51 HORSA. (CH 10356) Horsa Mark I, DP383 ?46?, of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit, on the ground at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126967
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10357) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065099
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10357) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065099
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10358) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065100
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10358) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065100
TRAINING 'HORSA' GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10359) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 Ground view of two Horsa gliders. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449995
TRAINING ‘HORSA’ GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10359) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 Ground view of two Horsa gliders. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449995
TRAINING 'HORSA' GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10360) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 Horsa glider on the runway. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449996
TRAINING ‘HORSA’ GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10360) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 Horsa glider on the runway. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449996
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10362) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065101
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10362) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065101
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10364) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065103
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10364) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065103
TRAINING 'HORSA' GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10365) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 Ground view of a Horsa glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449998
TRAINING ‘HORSA’ GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10365) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 Ground view of a Horsa glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449998
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10366) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065104
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10366) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065104
ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945. (CH 10367) Airspeed Horsa Mark Is of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit, lined up on the runway at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, waiting to be towed off. The towing cable from the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley target tug seen beyond the group of airmen in the distance, has been attached to the leading glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210402
ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945. (CH 10367) Airspeed Horsa Mark Is of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit, lined up on the runway at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, waiting to be towed off. The towing cable from the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley target tug seen beyond the group of airmen in the distance, has been attached to the leading glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210402
TRAINING 'HORSA' GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10368) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 The cabin of the Horsa glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449999
TRAINING ‘HORSA’ GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10368) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 The cabin of the Horsa glider. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449999
TRAINING 'HORSA' GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10369) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 The mobile glider-control office on the airfield. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205450000
TRAINING ‘HORSA’ GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10369) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 The mobile glider-control office on the airfield. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205450000
TRAINING 'HORSA' GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10370) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 A Whitley comes in to land, while below, Horsa gliders are lined up on the runway. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205450001
TRAINING ‘HORSA’ GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10370) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 A Whitley comes in to land, while below, Horsa gliders are lined up on the runway. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205450001
TRAINING 'HORSA' GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10371) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 A W.A.A.F. instrument mechanic on the job during an inter-flight inspection. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205450002
TRAINING ‘HORSA’ GLIDER CREWS : A CONVERSION STATION (CH 10371) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10341 A W.A.A.F. instrument mechanic on the job during an inter-flight inspection. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205450002
ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945. (CH 10372) WAAF ground crew at work on an Airspeed Horsa of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley glider tugs are dispersed on the airfield in the background. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210403
ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945. (CH 10372) WAAF ground crew at work on an Airspeed Horsa of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley glider tugs are dispersed on the airfield in the background. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210403
Night Training
ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945. (CH 10228) Airspeed Horsa Mark I, HS103 ’31’, of the Heavy Glider Conversion Unit is inspected before commencing night flying at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210387
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10229) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Being towed onto the runway for night flying. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065090
HORSA GLIDER (AIRSPEED) (CH 10229) Troop and freight-carrying glider. Being towed onto the runway for night flying. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205065090
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10230) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows - Ground crew tow two Horsa gliders to the runway. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449900
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10230) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows – Ground crew tow two Horsa gliders to the runway. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449900
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10231) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows ? Pilots climb into their Horsa glider to take off on a training flight. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449901
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10231) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows ? Pilots climb into their Horsa glider to take off on a training flight. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449901
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10232) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows - An oxygen container is handed to one of the glider pilots by the ground crew. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449902
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10232) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows – An oxygen container is handed to one of the glider pilots by the ground crew. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449902
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10233) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows - A glider pilot has a last look at the weather before taking off. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449903
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10233) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows – A glider pilot has a last look at the weather before taking off. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449903
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10234) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows - In the mobile control office, a flying control officer directs the takeoff and landing of the gliders. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449904
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10234) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows – In the mobile control office, a flying control officer directs the takeoff and landing of the gliders. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449904
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10235) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows - In the mobile control office, a flying control officer directs the takeoff and landing of the gliders. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449905
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10235) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows – In the mobile control office, a flying control officer directs the takeoff and landing of the gliders. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449905
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10236) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows - Members of the ground crew who service the gliders at night; they often work through rain, cold winds and bad weather. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449906
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10236) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows – Members of the ground crew who service the gliders at night; they often work through rain, cold winds and bad weather. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449906
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10237) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows - Ground crew with one of the gliders they service. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449907
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10237) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows – Ground crew with one of the gliders they service. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449907
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10238) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows - A ghostly shape takes form in the night as a Horsa glides on to the runway, landing after a night flight. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449908
BRITAIN TRAINS GLIDER PILOTS IN NIGHT FLYING (CH 10238) Original wartime caption: For story see CH.10228 Picture (issued 1943) shows – A ghostly shape takes form in the night as a Horsa glides on to the runway, landing after a night flight. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205449908

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