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Airborne!

Hamilcar 248 on route to Normandy
This photo comes from the collection of RAF Captain 'Buster' Briggs of 268 Sqdn. His Halifax is towing Hamilcar 248, piloted by Sargeant Gabbot, to Normandy.
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We will forge the regiment as a weapon of attack…Not only will we be trained as pilots, but in all we do…I shall be quite ruthless…only the best will be tolerated.
Lieutenant Colonel George Chatterton. October 1942