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Photograph SUK12890 Second World War, 1939-1945Italy. C. 1944-09. Attending to the towing ropes of a British glider before take off for the Allied invasion of Southern France.

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Italy. C. 1944-09. RAF airmen attending to the towing ropes of a British glider before the take off for the Allied invasion of Southern France.
Italy. C. 1944-09. Attending to the towing ropes of a British glider before take off for the Allied invasion of Southern France.

Italy. C. 1944-09. British gliders and towing aircraft lined up before taking off with their cargoes of British airborne troops to Southern France at the start of the invasion.

Airborne over Southern France. C. 1944-09. Towing Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft and British Gliders crossing the coast of Southern France from Italy for the Allied airborne invasion in that area.

Airborne over Southern France. C. 1944-09. British Gliders towed by Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft shortly after crossing into French territory from Italy for the Allied airborne invasion of Southern Fra

Holland. 1944-09-17. A RAF Stirling aircraft towing a Horsa glider crossing the Dutch coast en route to the Allied air invasion of Holland.

Holland. 1944-09-17. RAF Halifax aircraft towing Horsa glider aircraft over the Rhine as the great airborne army approached the landing point of the Allied air invasion of Holland.
