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- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard abstract "Operation Turkey Buzzard, also known as Operation Beggar, was a British supply mission to North Africa that took place between March and August 1943, during the Second World War. The mission was undertaken by No. 2 Wing, Glider Pilot Regiment and No. 295 Squadron Royal Air Force, prior to the Allied invasion of Sicily. Unusually, the mission was known by different names in different branches of the British Armed Forces: the British Army called the operation "Turkey Buzzard", while in the Royal Air Force it was known as "Beggar".The mission involved Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax bombers towing Airspeed Horsa gliders 3,200 miles (5,100 km) from England to Tunisia. The British Horsas were needed to complement the smaller American Waco gliders, which did not have the capacity required for the operations planned by the 1st Airborne Division.During the mission one Halifax-and-Horsa combination was shot down by German Focke Wulf Condor long-range patrol aircraft. Altogether five Horsas and three Halifaxes were lost, but twenty-seven Horsas arrived in Tunisia in time to participate in the invasion of Sicily. Although this supply operation was a success, few of the gliders made it to their landing zones in Sicily during the two British airborne operations that followed, many becoming casualties of the weather conditions or anti-aircraft gunfire.".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard causalties "3Handley Page Halifax".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard causalties "5Airspeed Horsa".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard causalties "with 21 aircrew".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard causalties "with 7 aircrew".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard date "1943-07-07".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard notes "13 RAF aircrew were killed training for the mission".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard place Atlantic_Ocean.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard place Bay_of_Biscay.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard place North_Africa.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard result "British success".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard thumbnail Bay_of_Biscay_map.png?width=300.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageID "32168885".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageLength "16634".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageOutDegree "75".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageRevisionID "679910604".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink 1st_Airborne_Division.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink 1st_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom).
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink 1st_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom).
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink 1st_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom).
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink 2nd_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom).
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Airspeed_Horsa.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Algeria.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Allied_invasion_of_Sicily.
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- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Augusta,_Sicily.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Bay_of_Biscay.
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- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Category:Airborne_operations.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Category:Glider_Pilot_Regiment_operations.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Category:History_of_the_Royal_Air_Force_during_World_War_II.
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- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Lieutenant-Colonel.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Lieutenant_colonel.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Luftwaffe.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Mascara,_Algeria.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Morocco.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink No._295_Squadron_RAF.
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- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink No._38_Group_RAF.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink No._38_Wing_RAF.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink North_Africa.
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- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Rabat-Salé_Airport.
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- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Radar.
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- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Sardinia.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Second_World_War.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Seventh_Army_(United_States).
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- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Sicily.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink South_Staffordshire_Regiment.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Syracuse,_Sicily.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Tunisia.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Waco_CG-4.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Waco_glider.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Willys_MB.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink Winston_Churchill.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink File:Airspeed_Horsa_ExCC.jpg.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink File:Bay_of_Biscay_map.png.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink File:Halifax-mk3.jpg.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLink File:Jeep_being_loaded_into_waco_glider.jpg.
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLinkText "''Turkey Buzzard''".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard wikiPageWikiLinkText "Operation Turkey Buzzard".
- Operation_Turkey_Buzzard caption "Area of the operation".