Former Airfield RAF Tarrant Rushton
This former RAF airfield has had various functions. From this base the first gliders left for Pegasus Bridge in Normandy on the night before D-Day. The Hamilcar gliders were towed here for Operation Market Garden.
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- Text: TracesOfWar
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze
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