IWM caption : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mallard" class="extiw" title="en:Operation Mallard">Operation MALLARD</a> : aircraft prepared for the reinforcement of the British airborne assault, assembled at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Tarrant_Rushton" class="extiw" title="en:RAF Tarrant Rushton">Tarrant Rushton</a>, Hampshire, on the afternoon of 6 June. On the runway are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Aircraft_Hamilcar" class="extiw" title="en:General Aircraft Hamilcar">General Aircraft Hamilcar</a> heavy lift gliders, preceded by two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspeed_Horsa" class="extiw" title="en:Airspeed Horsa">Airspeed Horsa</a> troop-carrying gliders, while parked on each side of them are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Halifax" class="extiw" title="en:Handley Page Halifax">Handley Page Halifax</a> glider-tugs of Nos. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._298_Squadron_RAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 298 Squadron RAF">298</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._644_Squadron_RAF" class="extiw" title="en:No. 644 Squadron RAF">644</a> Squadrons RAF.
Royal Air Force official photographer
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