Title:HORSAS AND STIRLING TOWPLANES [Allocated Title]
Film Number:RMY 252
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Summary: Unedited film of planes and Australian crew of Stirling on airfield.
Description: Horsa gliders and Stirling Mk IV towplanes, both types with Invasion Stripe markings, stand assembled on an airfield sometime prior to an operation. Season is summer, and sky is stormy and sunny. Australian crew of Stirling are briefed beside their plane, which has kangaroo sketch and word Boomerang painted on nose, beside markings indicating seven missions. Rear gunner checks his guns. Some very underexposed shots of other crew at their positions and out of focus shot of Horsa pilot at controls of glider marked D5 "Stop me and buy one".