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Gliders landed during Operation OVERLORD, Normandy, France, 1944

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1944.

Horsa gliders near Ouistreham in Normandy. Gliderborne troops landed and seized the vital bridge over the River Orne, between Ouistreham and Caen, on the 5 June 1944. The bridge, now known as 'Pegasus Bridge', was held until the airborne troops were relieved by troops landed on the Normandy beaches on D-Day.

From an album containing 210 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-18-154

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-18-154