Air War Varsity by Martin W Bowman

Author:Martin W Bowman [Bowman, Martin W]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: HISTORY / Military / Aviation
ISBN: 9781473863118
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2017-10-30T04:00:00+00:00

Endnotes Chapter 5

1 The Pegasus Archive.

2 Airborne Troop Carrier Three One Five Group by George F. Cholewczynski/The Last Drop by Stephen E. Wright.

3 When the German forces capitulated in May 1945 Scarlett-Streatfield was given the honour of accepting their surrender in Norway. With his Norwegian liaison officer Major Petter Cato Juliebø, he took off from RAF Great Dunmow at 0355 hours flying to Oslo aboard Short Stirling IV (LK297) of 190 Squadron RAF. On 10 May 1945 his aircraft disappeared without trace in extremely bad weather conditions. On 21 June 1945 the wreckage of his aircraft, the remains of its crew, AVM Scarlett-Streatfield and the paratroopers accompanying him were located at Andtjernâsen in the hills near Oslo, it had crashed into the hillside and exploded.

4 The Devil's Own Luck: Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic 1944-45 by Denis Edwards (Pen & Sword, 1999, 2001, 2009).

5 Law-Wright was the pilot of a Halifax which took off from Tarrant Rushton at 2235 on 2 April 1945 for ‘Stirrup 14’ an SOE mission to Norway. The aircraft was shot up over Lista and crashed at Kalleberg near Farsund. The crew were all killed and are buried at Vanse Churchyard.

6 Staff Sergeants Nigel Brown, Jimmy Wallwork, Bert Holt and Brian Taylor were the others.

7 Of the seven airborne field ambulances formed during the Second World War, two were glider borne (the 181st and the 195th); the other five (the 16th, 127th, 133rd, 224th and the 225th) were parachute trained.

8 Quoted in Paras: Voices of the British Airborne Forces in the Second World War by Roger Payne OAM (Amberley, 2014 and 2016).

9 Quoted in The Gliders: An Action Packed Story of the Wooden Chariots of World War II by Alan Lloyd (Leo Cooper, 1982).

10 A Rising of Courage, Canada’s Paratroops in the Liberation of Normandy by Dan Hartigan (Drop Zone Publishers, Calgary, 2000).

11 Researched and written by Randall W. Lewis.

12 In Operation ‘Overlord’, the 5th Parachute Brigade was assigned the task of securing two road bridges across the River Orne and the Caen Canal, Operation ‘Deadstick’. Poett jumped on D-Day at 0019 hours with the pathfinders and a small team. At 0050 hours Poett made contact with Lieutenant Sweeney at Horsa Bridge, he then made his way to the Pegasus Bridge and Major Howard.

13 Working for Toronto Hydro, he died in an electrical accident on 31 May 1974 at the age of fifty-six.

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