Gliders Collection

Picture taken during the Allied Army journey to the East Bank of the Rhine. Horse and Hamilcar gliders were towed by Halifax and Stirling aircraft of the RAF

C H Lowe-Wylde in novel plane. C H Lowe-Wylde (known as glider pilot No 1) in a small plane that he has designed. This machine built during experiments to determine the cheapest

At 1: 30 a. m on the morning of June 6th, 1944 British and American airborne troops
At 1:30 a.m on the morning of June 6th, 1944 British and American airborne troops and parachutists, using over 1, 000 troop carriers and gliders landed behind the German defences in Normandy

Members of the 1st Airborne Division about to board their Horsa gliders at RAF Fairford prior to take off at the start of Operation Market Garden. 17th September 1944

Airspeed Horsa Gliders lined up alongside the runway at RAF Brize Norton seen here during the build up to Operation Overlord. Circa May 1944

This R. A. F reconnaissance picture shows British Horsa gliders
This R.A.F reconnaissance picture shows British Horsa gliders and parachutes after allied airborne landings had been in fields north east of Caen.The fuselage is not broken as it would appear

Allied invasion of Normandy following the D-Day landings in Northern France during the Second World War. Horsa gliders beside the Pegasus bridge over the Caen canal at Benouville in Normandy

Cramlington Gliding Club members hauling into position a new machine, received the day before. It is the gift of Mr W L Runciman. 14th March 1938

Picture taken from an RAF photographic reconnaissance Spitfire plane of the scene in Holland / Netherlands when the first Allied Airborne army carried out its great operation, September 1944

World War Two - Second World War - British glider-borne troops march out their aircraft for the take-off. The gliders seen here were in the first wave of the airborne attack. 6th June, 1944

Gliders at Northumbria Gliding Club grounded on the air field in February 1995

M. Barbot with the engine of the glider which he crossed the channel in
M.Barbot with the engine of the glider which he crossed the channel in. 7th May 1923

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