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The Airborne Alliance

The Airborne Alliance (ABA) was established to provide a single point of focus for serving and former members of British Airborne Forces in Scotland & Northern Ireland.

The diary of “Our” war 17 September 1944 to 5 May 1945 VML Mekkink van den Brink

The diary of “our” war – 17 September 1944 to 5 May 1945. 

Transcript of service history 4689266. CSMI. Alfred COOK. GM. Army Physical Training Corps.

4689266. CSMI. Alfred COOK. GM. Army Physical Training Corps.

The Escape of Pte John Crowther during the Battle for Arnhem Bridge

Account of the escape 3386706 Pte John Clifford Crowther, 3 Para Bn. 1 Para Brigade. Interviewed 10 January 1945.

The Parachute Regiment Gallantry Award Winners Afghanistan

The Parachute Regiment Gallantry Award winners from Afghanistan 2002-2014 Victoria Cross

The ‘Airborne Hospital’ at Apeldoorn and Lieut-Colonel. K.B.I. Smyth, OBE.

The ‘Airborne Hospital’ at Apeldoorn and Lieut-Colonel. K.B.I. Smyth, OBE. By Geert Jonker. O.C: Recovery and Identification Unit, Netherlands.

The Lost Patrol, 3 Platoon, 'A' Company, 2 PARA, Belize 1983.

‘The Lost Patrol’. 3 Platoon, ‘A’ Company, 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment. Belize. 1983.

Two Airborne Paratroopers and their last journey to Arnhem

Two Airborne Paratroopers and their last journey to Arnhem, 18th and 19th September 1944

The Falklands: 2 PARA at War - A Perspective

A Beginning

Twenty-one days in May 1940 - the hazardous retreat to Dunkirk.

Twenty-one days in May 1940 - the hazardous retreat to Dunkirk.

The Dungeon Party

In the autumn of 1941 a decision was made to form the fledgling 1st Airborne Division command in accommodation situated 2 floors below ground level in a bu

Transcription of 2bn Ox and Bucks War Diary 1-9 June 1944

Keevil: 1st – General briefing commenced by Coys, and lasted from 0800-2100hrs, during which time the tps were given an introduction to the operation, the main de

The Airborne Forces Collect

Written by Padre John Hodgins, the Collect linked men of all arms who wore the red beret.  It is based on Malachi Chapter 4, Verse 2:

The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity

The Battle of Plaman Mapu

2 PARA was rushed to Singapore in early 1965 for intensive jungle training in response to President Sukarno of Indonesia’s threats of invasion intended to destabilise the young Malaysian Federation

The Baxter Brothers 1st Parachute Battalion

The Baxter Brothers – 1st Parachute Battalion.

The Dutch at Arnhem

Dutch civilian Kate ter Horst agreed that her home, the ‘Old Vicarage,’ next to the Oosterbeek Church could be used as a Regimental Aid Post during the height of the fighting.