Category:Airspeed Horsa

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English: The Airspeed AS.51 Horsa was a British World War II troop-carrying glider used for air assault by British and Allied armed forces.

Airspeed AS.51 Horsa

assault glider by Airspeed

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Instance of

aircraft type

Subclass of

military glider

Named after

Horsa
Hengist and Horsa

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Operator

Royal Air Force

Manufacturer

Airspeed Ltd.

Developer

Airspeed Ltd.

First flight

12 September 1941

Service entry

1942

Total produced

3,799

Authority file
Q409210 GND ID: 4825673-0 Library of Congress authority ID: sh2006006977 National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007535097105171
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Subcategories

This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.

Airspeed Horsa replicas‎ (2 C, 3 F)

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Airspeed Horsa at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum‎ (5 F)
Airspeed Horsa in the Overloon War Museum‎ (4 F)

Media in category "Airspeed Horsa"

The following 127 files are in this category, out of 127 total.

13th 18th Hussars 10 June 1944.jpg 784 × 800; 78 KB
6thbritairbornenormandytrench.jpg 789 × 800; 112 KB
6thbritairborneranville.jpg 800 × 796; 107 KB
A jeep is loaded aboard a Horsa glider during a large-scale airborne forces exercise, 22 April 1944. H37692.jpg 1,781 × 1,772; 921 KB
A view of 'Pegasus Bridge' over the Caen Canal at Benouville, 12 July 1944. Two of the Horsa gliders that brought the 'coup de main' force in on the night of D-Day can be seen in the background. B7032.jpg 800 × 502; 48 KB
Airborne troops admire the graffiti chalked on the side of their glider as they prepare to fly out as part of the second drop on Normandy on the night of 6th June 1944. H39178.jpg 3,508 × 2,472; 1.76 MB
Airborne troops smile from the door of their Horsa glider as they prepare to fly out as part of the second drop on Normandy on the night of 6th June 1944. H39182.jpg 3,508 × 2,404; 1.71 MB
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.51 Horsa. CH10356.jpg 800 × 548; 40 KB
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Airspeed As.51 Horsa. CH10891.jpg 800 × 502; 173 KB
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Armstrong Whitworth Aw.38 Whitley. CH10351.jpg 800 × 672; 51 KB
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-airspeed As.51 Horsa. CH13023.jpg 800 × 547; 59 KB
Airspeed Horsa - British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H39086.jpg 800 × 395; 48 KB
Airspeed Horsa - British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H37694.jpg 800 × 793; 95 KB
Airspeed Horsa - British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H39087.jpg 800 × 548; 44 KB
Airspeed Horsa - Royal Air Force Army Co-operation Command, 1940-1943. CH7787.jpg 800 × 586; 49 KB
Airspeed Horsa ExCC cropped.jpg 1,024 × 421; 168 KB
Airspeed Horsa ExCC.jpg 1,024 × 768; 189 KB
Airspeed Horsa framwork.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 1.22 MB
Airspeed Horsas - Arnhem 1944 1.jpg 800 × 509; 175 KB
Airspeed Horsas - Arnhem 1944 2.jpg 800 × 601; 176 KB
Albemarle towing a Horsa glider.jpg 700 × 493; 154 KB
Allied glider that crash-landed.jpg 1,023 × 769; 131 KB
British glider pilots.jpg 547 × 800; 54 KB
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J27850, Arnheim, brennende britische Lastensegler.jpg 552 × 800; 37 KB
Cafe Grondee Operation-Deadstick.jpg 515 × 299; 58 KB
Cg-4a-welford-may1944.jpg 600 × 219; 22 KB
Civilian workers pose with sections of an Airspeed Horsa glider, as received from the manufacturers, before assembling it at No. 6 Maintenance Unit, Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, 26 April 1944. CH13022.jpg 2,480 × 1,682; 1.12 MB
Crashed Gliders- the landing-zone at Ranville, 1944 Art.IWMARTLD4232.jpg 800 × 586; 95 KB
Crashed Horsa glider near Ranville.jpg 794 × 800; 94 KB
Crashed Horsa Glider- Series of sketches for work in Iwm Art.IWMARTLD6301.jpg 800 × 605; 74 KB
Crashed Horsa Glider- Series of sketches for work in Iwm Art.IWMARTLD6322.jpg 800 × 594; 47 KB
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5050.jpg 794 × 800; 113 KB
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5200 (cropped).jpg 767 × 385; 61 KB
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5200.jpg 767 × 800; 98 KB
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5203.jpg 799 × 800; 81 KB
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5204.jpg 789 × 800; 96 KB
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5205.jpg 1,772 × 1,772; 386 KB
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 CL26.jpg 3,508 × 2,461; 1.97 MB
D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 H39183.jpg 3,508 × 2,399; 1.86 MB
Discarded parachutes and Airspeed Horsa gliders lie scattered over 6th Airborne Division's landing zone near Ranville in Normandy, 6 June 1944. CL59.jpg 1,772 × 1,781; 998 KB
Douglas Dakotas fly in formation over Wavre, Belgium.jpg 800 × 608; 68 KB
DZ-N Gliders.jpg 1,000 × 944; 182 KB
FIGHTER COMMAND, NO. 38 (AIRBORNE FORCES) GROUP RAF.jpg 800 × 594; 56 KB
Gliders of the 6th Airborne Division Art.IWMARTLD4586.jpg 800 × 299; 34 KB
Graffiti on glider side.jpg 800 × 570; 60 KB
Halifax and Horsa take off for invasion of Sicily 1943.jpg 800 × 550; 111 KB
Halifax and Horsa take off from Cornwall for North Africa 1943.jpg 850 × 659; 142 KB
Horsa drawing.jpg 824 × 880; 83 KB
Horsa glider (cropped).jpg 800 × 413; 44 KB
Horsa Glider Cockpit.jpg 2,252 × 2,252; 621 KB
Horsa glider landing in Cornwall on way to Africa 1943.jpg 781 × 573; 152 KB
Horsa Glider- Series of sketches for work in Iwm Art.IWMARTLD6300.jpg 800 × 595; 77 KB
Horsa glider.jpg 800 × 633; 59 KB
Horsa gliders landing near Hamminkeln during the airborne drop east of the Rhine, 25 March 1945. BU2287.jpg 800 × 798; 102 KB
Horsa remorqués par des C-47 survolent Utah Beach.jpg 3,379 × 2,480; 1.94 MB
Horsas-rafhist.jpg 750 × 165; 72 KB
INF3-19 Invasion scene Artist Terence Cuneo 1939-1946.jpg 3,320 × 2,645; 4.01 MB
IWM-CH12962 Albemarle 205210548.jpg 800 × 522; 177 KB
Landing zone 'N' 7 June 1944.jpg 800 × 742; 86 KB
Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop (9485430197).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 5.3 MB
Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop (9485435497).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 5.56 MB
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Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop (9488485488).jpg 4,000 × 3,000; 5.35 MB
Operation 'market Garden' (the Battle For Arnhem)- 17 - 25 September 1944 CH13857.jpg 800 × 642; 52 KB
Operation Deadstick canal bridge gliders.jpg 782 × 501; 65 KB
Operation Mallard gliders and tugs flying out June 1944 IWM CL 22.jpg 800 × 547; 22 KB
Operation Mallard gliders and tugs RAF Tarrant Rushton June 1944 IWM CL 26.jpg 800 × 564; 70 KB
Operation Market I - 04.jpg 584 × 800; 95 KB
Paratroop Training at Brize Norton, 24 June 1943 TR1046.jpg 800 × 633; 77 KB
Paratroop Training at Brize Norton, 24 June 1943 TR1047.jpg 800 × 635; 55 KB
Pegasus Bridge, June 1944 B5288.jpg 1,774 × 1,772; 519 KB
Photograph taken through the window of a troop carrying glider.jpg 700 × 659; 53 KB
Planeur-p012949.jpg 3,581 × 2,480; 2.52 MB
Riflemen aboard a jeep and trailer.jpg 800 × 800; 71 KB
Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. CH10208.jpg 2,286 × 1,772; 1.17 MB
Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. CH10228.jpg 800 × 644; 37 KB
Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. CH10343.jpg 800 × 670; 38 KB
Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. CH10367.jpg 800 × 549; 47 KB
Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. CH10372.jpg 800 × 550; 42 KB
Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. CH10888.jpg 800 × 549; 47 KB
Royal Air Force Flying Training Command, 1940-1945. CH12791.jpg 800 × 554; 25 KB
Royal Air Force Maintenance Command, 1939-1945. CH10882.jpg 800 × 548; 68 KB
Royal Air Force Maintenance Command, 1939-1945. CH10885.jpg 800 × 670; 77 KB
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. CM6931.jpg 800 × 532; 43 KB
Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. CM6932.jpg 800 × 550; 47 KB
Royal Air Force Transport Command, 1943-1945. CL2227.jpg 800 × 608; 43 KB
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL793.jpg 800 × 546; 63 KB
Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. CL796.jpg 800 × 542; 52 KB
Royal Air Force- Fighter Command, No. 38 (airborne Forces) Group RAF. CL2231.jpg 1,658 × 2,480; 739 KB
Royal Air Force- Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Air Force, No. 38 Group RAF. CH12883.jpg 800 × 548; 44 KB
Royal Air Force- Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Air Force, No. 38 Group RAF. CH12885.jpg 800 × 550; 33 KB
Royal Air Force- Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Air Force, No. 38 Group RAF. CH13875.jpg 800 × 624; 61 KB
Royal Air Force- Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Air Force, No. 38 Group RAF. CH18840.jpg 800 × 549; 35 KB
Royal Air Force- Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Air Force, No. 38 Group RAF. CL1146.jpg 659 × 800; 45 KB
Royal Air Force- Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Air Force, No. 38 Group RAF. CL1148.jpg 2,480 × 1,662; 856 KB
Royal Air Force- Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Air Force, No. 38 Group RAF. CL1155.jpg 800 × 548; 38 KB
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. CNA1664.jpg 800 × 656; 42 KB
SC 190474 - Eight members of an Airborne Division, their faces covered with parachute shrouds, lie dead beside the wreckage of their glider. Near Hiesville, France, 6 June, 1944. (49621833437).jpg 3,872 × 3,152; 1.44 MB
SC 195707 - Gliders massed at an airport in England await their cargoes of airborne troops for the invasion of Holland. 17 September, 1944. (52608818341).jpg 5,477 × 4,486; 1.88 MB
Sherman tank and Horsa glider.jpg 794 × 800; 182 KB
Short Stirling with a Horsa glider.jpg 800 × 617; 167 KB
Short Stirlings tow Airspeed Horsas.jpg 800 × 595; 62 KB
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 CL2232.jpg 800 × 620; 36 KB
The British Airborne Division at Arnhem and Oosterbeek in Holland CH13859.jpg 800 × 668; 75 KB
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5051.jpg 800 × 800; 136 KB
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5200.jpg 767 × 799; 81 KB
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5202.jpg 1,785 × 1,772; 340 KB
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7035.jpg 2,480 × 1,553; 343 KB
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU2283.jpg 800 × 788; 92 KB
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5203.jpg 798 × 800; 65 KB
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5204.jpg 789 × 800; 79 KB
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5235.jpg 800 × 800; 124 KB
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5291.jpg 800 × 796; 79 KB
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5294.jpg 784 × 800; 95 KB
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5345.jpg 800 × 792; 75 KB
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5348.jpg 794 × 800; 65 KB
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5593.jpg 797 × 800; 71 KB
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H25874.jpg 707 × 800; 68 KB
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H37697.jpg 800 × 796; 70 KB
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H39183.jpg 800 × 550; 42 KB
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H41545.jpg 800 × 794; 77 KB
The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H41546.jpg 794 × 800; 81 KB
The first two gliders to touch down.jpg 800 × 798; 102 KB
The Invasion of Normandy 1944 B5232.jpg 800 × 798; 95 KB
The Invasion of Normandy 1944 B5235.jpg 800 × 800; 105 KB
Whitley glider tug landing at Brize Norton 1943.jpg 624 × 473; 83 KB
Lotnisko niemieckie w okolicach Arnhem (2-386).jpg 3,500 × 2,538; 686 KB

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