Operation Ladbroke
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Operation Ladbroke was a glider landing by British airborne troops during the Second World War near Syracuse, Sicily, that began on 9 July 1943 as part of Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicil
One of the 1st Airlanding Brigade's jeeps being loaded aboard a Waco Hadrian glider
Men from the 1st Battalion, Border Regiment, on 9 July 1943, just prior to take off. Note the folding airborne bicycle.
Remains of the Lamba Doria coastal battery, captured by 250 British commandos after about two hours of fighting, in the night of 10 July 1943.
Glider Pilot Regiment
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The Glider Pilot Regiment was a British airborne forces unit of the Second World War, which was responsible for crewing the British Army's military gliders and saw action in the European theatre in su
Cap badge of the Glider Pilot Regiment.
Glider pilots of the 6th Airborne Division and RAF crews are briefed at RAF Harwell for the D-Day invasion, 5 June 1944.
Two men of the Glider Pilot Regiment search a ruined school for German snipers during Operation Market Garden, 20 September 1944. After landing, glider pilots were expected to fight as infantry.
Glider pilots pose in front of a Horsa glider, 11 December 1944. From left to right: Lt J. F. Hubble; S/Sgt B. L. Morgan; S/Sgt J. L. Crone; Sgt R. Biagott.