Image: Halifax and Horsa take off from Cornwall for North Africa 1943

Description: A Handley Page Halifax A.V Series 1 (Special) glider tug (EB139, "NN"), of No. 295 Squadron RAF based at Holmesley South, getting airborne from Portreath, Cornwall (UK), towing Airspeed Horsa glider LG723 to Tunisia, during "Operation Beggar": the transit of Halifax/Horsa glider combinations from the United Kingdom to North Africa by units of No. 38 Wing RAF, in preparation for the invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky).
Title: Halifax and Horsa take off from Cornwall for North Africa 1943
Credit: This photograph CM 6934 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: No. 295 Squadron RAF
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