GAR [New post] D-Day 70 – Pt.19 – Operation OVERLORD: British Airborne Landings

Elliott Marsh posted: "At 2256 on 5 June 1944, six Halifax bombers climbed aloft from Tarrant Rushton, England, towing behind them six wooden Horsa gliders carrying troops from the D/2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, an element of the 6th Airlanding Brigade, B" New post on GAR D-Day 70 – Pt.19 – Operation OVERLORD: British Airborne Landings by Elliott Marsh At 2256 on 5 June 1944, six Halifax bombers climbed aloft from Tarrant Rushton, England, towing behind them six wooden Horsa gliders carrying troops from the D/2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, an element of the 6th Airlanding Brigade, British 6th Airborne Division. The men within the fragile Horsas were part of the opening salvo of Operation OVERLORD, amongst the first troops to land behind enemy lines as the airborne phase of the invasion got underway in the fading Spring light. Elliott Marsh presents an overview of the British Airborne's contribution on D-Day. Read more of this post Elliott Marsh | June 5, 2014 at 12:00 pm | T | URL: http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/hZNjo