File:Operation Mallard gliders and tugs flying out June 1944 IWM CL 22.jpg

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English: IWM caption : Operation MALLARD : Short Stirling Mark IVs towing Airspeed Horsa troop-carrying gliders toward the French coast, shortly before 9pm on 6 June 1944. On board the Horsas were infantry of 6th Airlanding Brigade, reinforcing the 6th Airborne Division in Normandy.
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This photograph CL 22 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author Royal Air Force official photographer
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