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File:Halifax and Horsa take off from Cornwall for North Africa 1943.jpg

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|Description={{en|A [[:en:Handley Page Halifax|Handley Page ''Halifax'']] A.V Series 1 (Special) glider tug (EB139, "NN"), of [[:en:No. 295 Squadron RAF|No. 295 Squadron RAF]] based at Holmesley South, getting airborne from [[:en:RAF Portreath|Portreath]], Cornwall (UK), towing [[:en:Airspeed Horsa|Airspeed ''Horsa'' glider]] LG723 to Tunisia, during "[[:en:Operation Beggar|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).}}

|Description={{en|A [[:en:Handley Page Halifax|Handley Page ''Halifax'']] A.V Series 1 (Special) glider tug (EB139, "NN"), of [[:en:No. 295 Squadron RAF|No. 295 Squadron RAF]] based at Holmesley South, getting airborne from [[:en:RAF Portreath|Portreath]], Cornwall (UK), towing [[:en:Airspeed Horsa|Airspeed ''Horsa'' glider]] LG723 to Tunisia, during "[[:en:Operation Beggar|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).}}
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|Source={{IWM Collections|CM 6934|oid=205209160}}
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|Source={{IWM Collections|CM 6934|oid=205209160|nocat=1}}

|Date={{other date|ca|1943-06}}

|Date={{other date|ca|1943-06}}

|Author=No. 295 Squadron RAF

|Author=No. 295 Squadron RAF
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[[Category:RAF Portreath]]

[[Category:RAF Portreath]]

[[Category:Black and white photographs]]

[[Category:Black and white photographs]]

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