UK2806
Photograph UK2806 Second World War, 1939-1945Germany. 1945-04-12. They have done their job. Horsa glider aircraft in the fields where the airborne troops landed for the cross-Rhine offensive on 1945-03-24.
128680 Accession Number: 128680
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GERMANY. 1945-03-25. BRITISH AIRBORNE TROOPS OF THE 6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION, TAKE COVER AFTER THEIR GLIDER HAD CRASH LANDED, EAST OF THE RHINE. (BRITISH WAR OFFICE PHOTOGRAPH, BU2277).
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Accession Number
128680
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
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Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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