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| Ground crew performing maintenance tasks on Stirling bomber, date unknown | Stirling bomber N6101 of No 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, Apr 1942 |
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| UK Royal Air Force Stirling bombers, acting as glider tugs, lining at the runway at Tarrant Rushton, England, United Kingdom, May-Jun 1944; note invasion strips | British men of 3rd Platoon, 21st Independent Parachute Company at Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom for Operation Market I, 17 Sep 1944; note background Stirling Mark IV aircraft of 6 |
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| British Stirling Mark IV bomber LK115 '8S-Z' of 295 Squadron RAF taking off from Harwell, Oxfordshire, England, UK towing an Airspeed Horsa glider, 17 Sep 1944 | Wing Commander G. E. Harrison of 190 Squadron RAF recounting Operation Market I glider towing mission to Group Captain A. H. Wheeler, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, 17 Sep 1944 |
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