[G.A.L. GAL.49 Hamilcar Mk.I gliders and Handley Page Halifax aircraft lined up at RAF Woodbridge]

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Title

[G.A.L. GAL.49 Hamilcar Mk.I gliders and Handley Page Halifax aircraft lined up at RAF Woodbridge]

Description

Photograph of several G.A.L. GAL.49 Hamilcar Mk.I gliders and Handley Page Halifax aircraft lined up at RAF Woodbridge (England), 1945.

Inscription on verso: "RAF Station, Woodridge, 1945. Gliders destined for crossing the Rhine. This is 12% of the Glider Force deployed for Operation 'Varsity' 24 March 1945. (416 gliders took part in the operation)"

Date

1945

Coverage

England

Bibliographic Citation

The Earl H. M. Phillips RAF Glider Pilot Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

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