File:FIGHTER COMMAND, NO. 38 (AIRBORNE FORCES) GROUP RAF.jpg

FIGHTER_COMMAND,_NO._38_(AIRBORNE_FORCES)_GROUP_RAF.jpg (800 × 594 pixels, file size: 56 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Description
English: ROYAL AIR FORCE: FIGHTER COMMAND, NO. 38 (AIRBORNE FORCES) GROUP RAF. Operation VARSITY. General Aircraft Hamilcars and Airspeed Horsas, flanked by Handley Page Halifax A Mark VII glider tugs of Nos. 298 and 644 Squadrons RAF, lined up and ready for take-off at Woodbridge, Suffolk. The Woodbridge Emergency Landing Ground was closed on 19 March 1945 for five days as 68 aircraft/glider combinations flew in, 60 of which took part in the operation.
Date
Source
This photograph CH 14882 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author Miller (Flt Lt) Royal Air Force official photographer
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain
This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1974; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1974.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
More information.

See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.

Deutsch  English  Español  français  italiano  Nederlands  polski  português  sicilianu  slovenščina  suomi  Türkçe  македонски  русский  українська  മലയാളം  한국어  日本語  简体中文  繁體中文  العربية  +/−

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

March 1945

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current03:04, 23 July 2012Thumbnail for version as of 03:04, 23 July 2012800 × 594 (56 KB)Rcbutcherreplaced with new higher-quality version from IWM
13:16, 19 April 2011Thumbnail for version as of 13:16, 19 April 2011600 × 444 (90 KB)W.wolny== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=ROYAL AIR FORCE: FIGHTER COMMAND, NO. 38 (AIRBORNE FORCES) GROUP RAF. |Source=http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=NEXT_RECORD&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwm

The following 2 pages use this file: