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Article concerning operations by Lancaster and Halifax against flying bomb and rocket depots in France. Gives details of daylight operations near Paris. Also mentions B-17 operations against German communications and oil.

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Instructor on left, trainees on right, all wearing US uniform, trainees wearing RAF caps. Standing next to a Stearman training aircraft. Unidentified squadron watermark top right of picture, 'Fortune Favours the Bold'. Edward Gearon is standing in…

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View from a Stirling across the starboard engines. Below is a flat agricultural landscape. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'R136 Cam 3 Neg 19'.

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Stirling tug towing a Horsa glider approaching the Rhine over a flat agricultural landscape. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'R136C neg 2D' and 'Rhine lies ahead'.

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Aerial view of an aircraft crash near the Rhine at Mehr with clouds of smoke pouring from it. There is a farm, woodland and river close to the crash site. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'R136C ne 23' and 'F/Lt Priest…

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Gliders and their tugs above cultivated fields in a flat landscape. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'R136C neg 27' and 'Gliders and tugs landing/crossing of Rhine'. Photograph includes Horsa gliders and Stirling tugs.

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A Horsa glider approaching a grass landing zone. There are men and equipment on the ground and woodland to one side. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'R136 Cam 4 Neg 31 Rhine Landing'.

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Gliders landed in fields and along trackways and dykes. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'G38'.

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Views of gliders in fields around Arnhem. All are captioned '18 Sept 44'. The reverse on all is printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved'. Two are annotated 'Arnhem' and one 'gliders on the ground Arnhem'.

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A Waco CG-4 glider in a field close to landing markings. There are a number of people gathered around the aircraft's tail. Captioned '0030 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/147//FARN'. Reverse is printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved and annotated 'Nijmegen…

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A glider on its back in a field. Captioned, '0048 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 P/147// FARN'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'American glider upturned at Nijmegen'.

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A Hamilcar glider under tow by a Halifax above a grass field with woodland beyond. Reverse, printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved', 'G417' and 'Woodbridge'.

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An operations board with details for Operation Varsity. Lists stations involved, timings and numbers of aborted and missing aircraft. Reverse, printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and stamped '33 Group photographic section G326 30 March 1945'.

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Frontispiece, 'Op Varsity'.

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Groups of men in uniform with side caps but no jackets stand outside two storey wooden buildings with suitcases, bags and other luggage.

Additional identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

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A pile of kit bags by the open door of a coach near which are groups of men in uniform, without their jackets. Another two coaches are parked along the road, one with the sign 'Special' on the front. Opposite are buildings one with a sign for 'Dixon…

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A single track railway runs along the coast with utility poles with wires above. A man in uniform and side cap stands with his leg resting on a wooden fence.

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A may is laying on a wooden crate etched ‘Egg coal’ on the front. Above the man, who is shielding his eyes, is a sign reading ‘flying cadet barber shop’ and the number 34’.

Additional identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

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A trainee balances on a small post whilst leaning on a long stick. Another man is laying on a wooden crate under the sign ‘flying cadet barber shop’ with the number 34 underneath.

Additional identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

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Four airmen, three wearing trainee side caps, standing either side of an officer. Behind the group is a long single storey wooden building against which a bicycle is leaning.

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A Jeep with two men inside parked next to a small flat roofed building. A sign reads ‘Flying School Police Department’. Two men in uniform with white sashes and gloves stand alongside. A woman in civilian clothes walks nearby.

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A Beechcraft Model 18 with star markings on fuselage and tail being refuelled by a man on the port wing. Two further men are under the wing with the fuel bowser. A Stearman is visible on the left. Identification kindly provided by Frank Schilder.

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A high winged monoplane inside a hangar.

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Two biplane aircraft next to a single storey wooden building with a pitched roof and open windows. The first aircraft is a Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing. Utility poles and wires cross the site behind the aircraft.

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Eight aircraft in a line, one of which is being refueled.
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