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No Car for a Prince

It was in December, 1940, that the first airborne demonstration was given to the Army. A small party from No.

'No Circus could rival this'

Men were training for the Second Front.

New name for Suffolk’s airborne engineers

Suffolk’s airborne engineers are to be renamed 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment in recognition of their history and current role within the British Army’s Airborne Forces.

Newspaper report on the death of Pte Colin Carver, 1 PARA.

HARLOW MAN KILLED IN ADEN BATTLE.

'Tony' Leake's account of a glider crash on D-Day

THE GLIDER IN THE RIVER DIVES AT BURES ON D-DAY. By. Cpl. (later Dr) R.A. ‘Tony’ Leake. Late 1980’s.

'Sandy' Mastertons Account of Arnhem

“In September 1944 we were in Nissen huts in the village of BURFORD and flew to ARNHEM from BROADWELL aerodrome.

No 2 Commando and 11 SAS Battalion Roll of Honour

The following personnel died in parachute training accidents while serving with No 2 Commando and 11 SAS Battalion in the UK.

'My War', Richard G Wilson's account of his wartime service, 1986.

My War

No 16 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS), RAF Burnaston

No 16 Elementary Flying Training School at RAF Burnaston, near Derby, was used to train glider pilot students to fly light aircraft from January 1942.

'Airborne Hospital' at Apeldoorn

When 1st Airborne Division deployed to Arnhem as part of Operation Market Garden, the Division was supplemented by nearly 600 Airborne medical personnel.

North Africa (Operation Torch)

On 12 November the 3rd Parachute Battalion (3 Para Bn) jumped onto and seized the vital airfield at Bone between Algiers and Tunis, arriving barely before German paratroopers deployed for the same mission.

Norway (Operation Doomsday)

Maj Gen Urquhart received his orders in the midst of a Division reorganization.

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

A brief honeymoon as peace keepers between two warring communities locked in civil unrest descended into a virtual civil war between Republican IRA and Protestant para-military groups during the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ that were to last 37 years.

Norway (Operation Freshman)

Quite early in the war the Germans were known to be working towards the production of an atomic bomb; it was thought they had made considerable progress in the production of Heavy Water, an essential component.

Next Generation Light Anti Tank Weapon (NLAW)

The Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) is the current light anti-tank weapon utilised by units within 16 Air Assault Brigade. It was developed by SAAB to be the first, non-expert,

'After Arnhem', a personal account by Sapper Alan W Gauntlet

After Arnhem. 24th and 25th October 1944 .

'Escape' written by Fred Gray and JE Humphreys

An article in the Airborne Engineers Association Newsletter, January 1998, by Historian, Fred Gray.

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6th Airborne Division store requirements for Op Overlord.

'Wartime' by Norman V Ward his experiences with The 6th Airborne Division

Wartime By Norman V. Ward

Normandy revisited 1994 by Norman V Ward

Normandy revisited 1994 – 50th Anniversary of D Day

'A dangerous journey' by Leonard T Bailey

A DANGEROUS JOURNEY By 259646. Private. Leonard Trevor ‘Bill’ Bailey.

OS Early Bill Larder black and white image

'RETURN OF A HUMBLE HERO' Bill Larder

The first time Dad went to Arnhem he flew in on a twin-engined Dakota. This time he arrived in Harwich in an electric Tesla and was taxied to Arnhem in an electric

‘SO THE RECORDS STAND’ Norman Dellar (ex-2nd Para Battalion)

From the ‘ARNHEM 1944 VETERANS CLUB’, Newsletter. June 1987. ‘SO THE RECORDS STAND’.

AA example of wartime 2nd Para Bn yellow lanyard

N Dellar and Gen. Frost discuss the Yellow Lanyard

This story first appeared in the ‘Parachute 2 Club’ Newsletter, and was then included in the book ‘Without Tradition.

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division for the first time.

Newspaper article 16 Para Bde HQ bombing, Aldershot, February 1972.

Newspaper extract on the death of Padre Gerry Weston, February 1972.

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New name for Suffolk’s airborne engineers, 13 May 2015.

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'Drummy' just before the Skyhawk attack, Wireless Ridge, 1982.

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'Gaz' Steele, 2 PARA, Goose Green, Falkland Islands, 1982.

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'Browning's Talk to the Men of Arnhem', Evening News, December 1944.

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Early morning Arnhem 2015 good start to the day

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'Good start to the day', early morning Arnhem 2015.

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NCOs Tactical Wing, Junior NCO Div TA Course No 8, c1980.

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Newsletter for 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion, published onboard SS Duchess of Richmond, c1945.

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'Bobby' Evans with his Mam, Dad, brothers and sisters at the family home in Penrhiwceiber, South Wales, late 1930s

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'Bobby' Evans and mate, Taranto, Italy, 11 September 1943.

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