The aircraft is a prototype Horsa DG597 taken on 15 July 1942 at Farnborough.
The rocket packs appear to be of the same type as appear attached to a Hamilcar and it is known that preliminary tests were carried out on a Horsa with a Whitley tug.
The crosses are for calibration purposes when film is taken of trial flights but the rear fuselage has been treated in some way aft of the rocket packs which are carried on tubular mountings attached to the rear undercarriage strut. Possibly it is some form of insulation against heat from the rockets when fired. So far, no trial report has been located.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Airspeed Horsa / AS.51 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

The prototype Airspeed Horsa fitted with RATOG packs at Farnborough.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Airspeed Horsa / AS.51 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1941

Having produced a photograph of Sabre XB962 in AM.1/84, it was quite inevitable that another photo should turn up with XB982 painted on it. Mr. C.A.Baxter is the sender and this time it is not a three-quarter front view but almost side-on. The '6' in the previous photograph must have been a photographic blemish - or did the painter get it wrong at first, not an unusual event but in this case probably unlikely.
XB982 arrived at the Bristol-Siddeley works at Patchway from Westlands on 6 March 1957, the date that the Air Ministry record shows it as having been passed back to USAF ownership after repair. It was fitted with an Orpheus 12 and flew until 1959 being finally carried off by truck as scrap on 29 June 1962.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Canadair CL-13 Sabre - КанадаCanada - 1950

A formation of No.202 Squadron's Fairey IIIFs over Dingli Cliffs, courtesy of No.202 Squadron. It would seem that almost every posed photograph of Malta-based aircraft are either over Dingli or merging into the background of Grand Harbour. The former is a logical choice as the sun shines from the south and the cliffs make a nice background! Centre left is the area which was to be turned into Takali airfield in the next few years.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Fairey Fairey IIIF - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1926

THE SQUADRON LEADER: Sqd. Ldr. C. G. Wigglesworth, A.F.C., commanding No. 201 (Flying Boat) Squadron, leading a formation of Supermarine "Southamptons" (2 Napier "Lions") over the Solent.
Southamptons of No.201 Squadron off Shanklin, Isle of Wight

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Supermarine Southampton / Solent - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1925

Not frequently illustrated are the Meteor F.8s of No.228 OCU. The photo from Jeff Jefford shows WK662, HX-N.

Самолёты на фотографии: Aircrafts on the photo: Gloster Meteor F.Mk.8 / FR.Mk.9 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1948