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Units engaged on Op Herrick XIII

In no particular order. Any omissions are unintentional, and may not include temporary field attachments. HQ 16 Air Assault Brigade

'No Circus could rival this'

Men were training for the Second Front.

Unattributed newspaper article on the Late Captain AE Roberts

OLD EDWARDIAN’S WAR SERVICE Late Captain A.E. Roberts. Captain A.E. Roberts, M.B.E., 6th Airborne Division, second son of Mr. and Mrs. W.

'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.

United States Airborne Forces

General William ‘Billy’ Mitchell the head of America’s Air Service in Europe at the end of the First World War proposed a parachute assault on the city of Metz from giant Handley-page bombers in 19

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

My War

'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.

Uniform images

'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.

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

Wartime By Norman V. Ward

'A dangerous journey' by Leonard T Bailey

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

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

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