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English: A Handley Page Halifax A.V Series 1 (Special) glider tug (EB139, "NN"), of No. 295 Squadron RAF based at Holmesley South, getting airborne from Portreath, Cornwall (UK), towing Airspeed Horsa glider LG723 to Tunisia, during "Operation Beggar": the transit of Halifax/Horsa glider combinations from the United Kingdom to North Africa by units of No. 38 Wing RAF, in preparation for the invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky).
Date circa June 1943
date QS:P,+1943-06-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
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This photograph CM 6934 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author No. 295 Squadron RAF
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