ROYAL AIR FORCE: HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY AIR FORCE, NO. 38 GROUP RAF. - Short Stirling Mark III, EF210 'NY-P', of No. 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit based at Tilstock, Shropshire, Taxying at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, during a glider towing exercise. Although EF210 has been adapted for glider towing training by the addition of a stirrup-mounted coupling round the rear turret, it still retains the dorsal turret and tail armament from its previous role as a bomber with No. 196 Squadron RAF. EF210 crashed after overshooting a landing at Tholthorpe, Yorkshire, on 12 August 1944. , Royal Air Fo
ROYAL AIR FORCE: HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY AIR FORCE, NO. 38 GROUP RAF. - Short Stirling Mark III, EF210 'NY-P', of No. 1665 Heavy Conversion Unit based at Tilstock, Shropshire, Taxying at Mount Farm, Oxfordshire, during a glider towing exercise. Although EF210 has been adapted for glider towing training by the addition of a stirrup-mounted coupling round the rear turret, it still retains the dorsal turret and tail armament from its previous role as a bomber with No. 196 Squadron RAF. EF210 crashed after overshooting a landing at Tholthorpe, Yorkshire, on 12 August 1944. , Royal Air Force, Heavy Conversion Unit, 1673, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Regiment, Sqdn, 196, Royal Air Force, Expeditionary Air Wing, 34
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