British Paratrooper 1940-45 by Rebecca Skinner

Author:Rebecca Skinner
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: British Paratrooper 1940–45
ISBN: 9781472805140
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Lieutenant-Colonel John Frost, CO 2nd Parachute Battalion, meets Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in North Africa. Lieutenant-Colonel Frost had already seen action at Bruneval and would go on to lead his battalion at the battle of Arnhem in 1944.

Lieutenant John Timothy with a US paratrooper from 2nd Bn/503rd PIR in September 1942, while he was serving as a liaison officer with the Americans. Lieutenant Timothy would go on to be awarded three Military Crosses in an 18-month period.

A last-minute discussion with the crew of a Whitley before a training jump. The man on the left-hand side of the picture is believed to be Cpl. Frankie Garlick, who would become hung up underneath a Whitley and be forced to land on his back on the runway whilst still attached to the aircraft.

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