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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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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 landing zone with a number having the nose open for unloading. Captioned '0050 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/14"// FARN' Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved. stamped '0124' and annotated 'Arnhem'.

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Hamilcar showing its tracks where it landed in a grass field. The nose of the glider is open and tracks lead from it showing a vehicle has been unloaded. Captioned '0018 P 16/NE 18 Sept 44 F/147//FARN'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved'…

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Three Horsas in a field. The front two sections of two aircraft are detached from the rear sections, to aid unloading. One has a damaged starboard wing. Landing tracks and pieces of wreckage litter the field. Tracks lead from the open nose of one…

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View of a drop zone showing open fields covered with parachutes, the majority discarded and the rest open as paratroopers or containers land. To one side is a farm building. Captioned '6008 16?NL: 17 Sept 44 F14 CAM MLL'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown…

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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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Looking down on three Horsa gliders having landed at Pegasus Bridge. The rear section of one of the gliders is at an acute angle to the main fuselage. Captioned '4007 16/412: 6 Jun 44: 20'//K18'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and…

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View of a Horsa glider in a field close to a bridge over a river. Captioned '16/418: 6 Jun 44: 202//K19'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'D-Day Lt. Fox. G4007 R. Orne Pont Tournant'.

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Glider landing zone in fields in a flat landscape. Captioned 'P16/438:10 Jun 44: F14"//M14.'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'Normandy'.

This is the 6th Airborne Division's Drop Zone 'N' between Ranville &…

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View of a flat, rural landscape crossed by the River Orne and Caen Canal with a village on one bank. Captioned '2015 16 412 6 Jun44 5"//H40'. Reverse printed 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved' and annotated 'Caen Canal and River Orne'.

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An aerial photograph of Pegasus Bridge crossing the Caen Canal with three gliders on one bank. Captioned '2011 16'/412; 6 Jun44:52//H40'. Reverse printed, 'A.M. Crown Copyright Reserved', and annotated, 'Caen Canal'.

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Air to air image of aircraft over a flat landscape. Stirlings towing Horsa gliders are flying from right to left at the higher altitude. C-47s at a lower altitude are flying from left to right. Reverse annotated 'Rhine crossing' and 'CL2233'.

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Vertical aerial photograph showing floodwater from the breeched Eder Dam surrounding buildings and covering roads. Reverse of image annotated '17-5-43 Affoldern (Eder) Eder Dam flooding'.

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Vertical aerial photograph showing fields, forest, roads, two areas of buildings and floodwater. Remains of bridges visible in the floodwater. Reverse of the image annotated 'Affoldern (Eder Dam) 19-5-43'.

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A vertical aerial photograph showing nineteen ships. Smoke trails are visible coming from 2 ships. Negative number 4068. Caption '155B/60L/3PG/20. Oct. 43/1330/F24/29,550'.'

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Vertical aerial photograph of Staryi Saltiv with caption in German. Several features along the Donets River are numbered and circled. Handwritten annotation 'Starys - Ssaltoff' on lower right side of image. Handwritten annotation on reverse "etwa…

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Oblique aerial photograph of Anthéor viaduct.

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Oblique aerial photograph of Anthéor viaduct.

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Oblique aerial photograph of southern France coastline showing coastal road and railway near Anthéor.
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