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On the evening of 9th July with 6 other Halifaxes we were airbourne towing horsa gliders laden with troops for D - day in Scilly. Our halifax piloted by FL/LT Grant delivered the Horsa to its LZ at Syracuse. This operation was a catastrophe for the 1st Airbourne division as only 12 gliders, all Horsas, reached their LZs, all towed by the RAF. Of the remainder, the majority towed by DC-3s of the U.S. troop carrier command, landed in rough sea's and 56 were scatered over Scilly.

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