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Description A Handley Page Halifax A.V Series 1 (Special) glider tug of No. 295 Squadron RAF Detachment prepares to tow off an Airspeed Horsa glider at Goubrine II, Tunisia, during preparations for "Operation Fustian"; the airborne assault and seizure of the Primosole Bridge over the River Simeto, south of Mount Etna on Sicily, by elements of 1st Parachute Brigade on the night of 13/14 July 1943.
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This photograph CM 6932 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author F/O T. Lea, Royal Air Force official photographer

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