D-DAY - BRITISH FORCES DURING THE INVASION OF NORMANDY 6 JUNE 1944

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Vertical aerial photograph of Horsa gliders of 6th Airborne Division's 'coup de main' force (D Company, 2nd Ox & Bucks Light Infantry plus sappers) on the ground between the bridge over the Caen Canal at Benouville (bottom), and subsequently known as 'Pegasus Bridge', and the Orne River bridge ('Horsa Bridge'), which is just out of view beyond the top edge of the photograph, June 1944.

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Category: Photographs
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Catalogue number: MH 2073
Part of: STAINFORTH A G C (CAPT)

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D-DAY - BRITISH FORCES DURING THE INVASION OF NORMANDY 6 JUNE 1944

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