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Operation Tonga. 4 'stick' commanders of 22nd Independent Parachute Company, British 6th Airborne Division, synchronize their watches at about 11 p.m. prior to take off from RAF Harwell, Oxfordshire. Officers, left to right: Bobby de la Tour, Don Wells, John Vischer, Bob Midwood. (June 5, 1944). Source: Imperial War Museums,  H 39070.

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Operation Tonga. 4 ‘stick’ commanders of 22nd Independent Parachute Company, British 6th Airborne Division, synchronize their watches at about 11 p.m. prior to take off from RAF Harwell, Oxfordshire. Officers, left to right: Bobby de la Tour, Don Wells, John Vischer, Bob Midwood. (June 5, 1944). Source: Imperial War Museums, H 39070.

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