Believe this is Greenham Common RAF Field, home to the 438th Troop Carrier Group. This was the largest air field in England. CG-4A gliders square off with the British Horsa Gliders. Before NORMANDY the Horsa Gliders flown by the Americans will be sporting the Stars and Bars. Silent Wings Museum Photo.

Glider troops preparng to load Horsa gliders, 7 June 1944, Hackensack mission. Of the fifty (50) gliders flown in this serial # 36 thirty (30) were Horsa gliders flown by the 439th Troop Carrier Group. The men in this serial are either assigned to the 2nd Battalion of the 325 Glider Infantry Regiment (GIR) or 2nd Battalion of the 401 GIR. This is a Silent Wings Museum Photo Young Collection. SWM Photo.

NORMANDY: Lt. Vincent Boyer's flew one of the 48 Horsa gliders that were flown in Serial 32. His chalk number was 12. Boyer's copilot was Flight Officer Frank L Hoatson. They were assigned to the 82nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group and took off from their base station, Membury, on 6 June, and landed at 2300 hours in Landing Zone W. They landed 1.25 miles from Sainte-Mère-Église. The glider was nicknamed "Hoaston" which was written on the side of the fuselage. They were carrying the 319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion. There were no casualties.
[Source: Whitebeam Battlefield Research Forum and the LBS Research Team.] This is a Silent Wings Museum photo Horn collection. On the back of the photo Glider Pilot Ed O'Donnell wrote: Another Horsa Glider that didn't make the grade .

Normandy landing. National Archives photo.

American soldiers load British Horsa gliders already on the take-off line. These aircraft will be lifted into the air by C-47s, transportng soldiers across the channel against fortress troops on D-day, April 1944 438th Troop Carrier Group. -Silent Wings Museum Photo

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Horsa glider. Snatch demonstration -Silent Wings Museum photo

Horsa glider. Snatch demonstration - Silent Wings Museum photo