A platoon of the Independent Company is briefed A platoon of the Independent Company is briefed Airborne soldiers loading a 6-pounder anti-tank gun aboard a Horsa Airborne soldiers hauling a 6-pounder anti-tank gun aboard a Horsa Soldiers loading a Jeep aboard a Horsa glider

A Jeep trailer is manhandled into a waiting Horsa on an airfield Folding bicycles being loaded aboard a Horsa The pathfinders and Advance parties arrive at RAF Harwell Stirlings waiting for the First Lift at RAF Keevil Paratroopers drinking tea and eating sandwiches in the hours before take-off

Paratroopers drinking tea and eating sandwiches in the hours before take-off Men of the 5th Parachute Brigade HQ Paratroopers applying camouflage cream before take-off Paratroopers applying camouflage cream Paratroopers waiting and applying camouflage cream to their faces

Men of Divisional Signals packing a carrier pigeon A group of paratroopers are amused to inspect each other's new sleeveless jump suits A heap of parachutes wait for their owners beside an Albemarle Members of a parachute field ambulance sharing cigarettes with their aircrew Gunners of the 3rd Anti-Tank Battery beside their Hamilcar glider prior to take-off

Paratroopers playing cards before take-off Men of the 4th Anti-Tank Battery drinking tea before take-off Four officers of the Independent Company synchronise watches Men of the Independent Company emplaning Paratroopers emplaning on the 5th June

Paratroopers in good cheer en-route to Normandy Major-General Gale's Horsa glider, shortly before take-off Horsa gliders on LZ-N Major-General Gale's Horsa glider on LZ-N A crashed Dakota of 48 Squadron

An aerial photograph of DZ-K