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Horsa
Airspeed AS51 Horsa glider - USAAF markings painted over the original RAF ones. Rear fuselage has been removed with the quick release bolts in order that the cargo could be removed - possibly an anti tank gun or a Willy's Jeep.
Normandy cows graze around Airspeed AS51 Horsa glider #31- USAAF markings are painted over the original RAF ones. Somewhere down the field will lie the nose wheel assembly that has been ripped off and evidently the cargo door/ramp has been re-purposed as it is missing. Most of the cockpit glazing is missing, so it may have landed under heavy fire, one ponders the fate of the crew.
Airspeed Horsa glider LH972, assigned to 437th TCG, 8th AF USAAF. Airspeed Oxford Mk II - T1371 'Windy Lynn' stalled on takeoff with loss of directional control and crashed onto parked line of gliders. Severe damage to A/C.
Oxford
Airspeed Oxford Mk II - T1371 'Windy Lynn' assigned to HQ Sqn, 10th Service Group, 9AF USAAF. Stalled on takeoff with loss of directional control and crashed onto parked line of gliders. Destroyed 1 x Waco glider and damaged 2 x Horsa gliders.
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command became the Eighth Air Force on February 1944, it oversaw bombardment of strategic targets in Europe until 1945.
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Constituted as the 437th Troop Carrier Group on 15 April 1943, it was activated on 01 May 1943 in Dunnellon, FL. They trained with C-46 and C-47 aircraft for duty overseas with the Ninth Air Force. They moved to England during January and February of...
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF operational training station, Ramsbury was allocated while under construction to the Eighth Air Force as a transport base. Built during 1942, it had eventually three concrete runways, 28 pan and 24 loop hardstandings, and two T2...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Crashed | Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8, UK | 8 May 1944 |
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Ground accident Ramsbury/Sta 469 Cat 4 damage parked A/C 8-May-44. 8AF |
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| Manufactured | Christchurch, Dorset, UK | |
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Built at Airspeed. |
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| Assigned | Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8, UK | |
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Assigned to 437th TCG, 8th AF USAAF. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 03 February 2016 15:17:04 | Al_Skiff | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, description, events, unit associations and place associations |
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbaat.asp?theAT=horsa |
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