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media-20348.jpeg UPL 20348 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.

Object Number - UPL 20348 - Airspeed AS51 Horsa glider - USAAF markings painted over the original RAF ones. Rear fuselage has been removed with the quick release bolts in order...

Airspeed AS51 Horsa glider, assigned to 86th TCS, 437th TCG, 9AF USAAF. Crashed Normandy 7-Jun-44, F/O Edward C Fambrough KIA.

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Crashed

Normandy 7 June 1944 Crashed Normandy 7-Jun-44, F/O Edward C Fambrough KIA.

Manufactured

Christchurch, Dorset, UK Built at Airspeed.

Assigned

Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8, UK Assigned to 86th TCS, 437th TCG, 9AF USAAF.

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