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  • Short Summary

    Gliders taking off from unknown airfield.

  • Description

    Location Unknown / Unclear.

    Several shots of British officer talking to camera at unknown airfield. Various shots of planes pulling gliders and taking off - they are seen flying in pairs over the airfield.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1889.14
    Media URN:
    61121
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:04:05:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:51:50:00 / 01:55:55:00
    Canister:
    UN 915 B

Comments (4)

  1. jamied says

    I'm certainly no WWII expert, but I believe the aircraft seen here are Douglas C-47 models of the 75th Troop Carrier Squadron, (bearing CK squadron markings).

    The gliders they're seen towing are Airspeed Horsa gliders of the RAF.

  2. jamied says

    There are also aircraft of the 76th Troop Carrier Squadron, (bearing CW squadron markings).

  3. Palasco says

    Location - Tarquinia Airfield, Italy.
    C-47s of 75th and 76th Troop Carrier Sqns (435th Troop Carrier Grp) tow British Horsa gliders of 1st Independent Glider Sqn carrying the 300th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA
    (British 2nd Independent Parachute Bde Grp) during Operation Dragoon (Anvil), the Allied invasion of Southern France, 15 August 1944.

  4. Palasco says

    The 64th airlanding battery RA were also carried by gliders during Operation Dragoon

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