They flew Motion from the south of England to Normandy in six Airspeed Horsa gliders .

The first Allied mission using large numbers of the aircraft , the operation was carried out Military_operation from Tunisia by glider infantry of the British 1st Airlanding Brigade , commanded by Brigadier Philip Hicks , with a force of 136 Waco Hadrians and eight Airspeed Horsas .

The flight stopped Process_end to refuel in Munich because a non-stop flight from Belgrade to Manchester was beyond the `` Elizabethan '' -class Airspeed Ambassador 's range .