Men of 3 Platoon, 'A' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, on a route march near Grantham, just before Operation MARKET GARDEN. (Via Bob Hilton)
Men of 3 Platoon, 'A' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, on a route march near Grantham, just before Operation MARKET GARDEN. (Via Bob Hilton)
Men of 3 Platoon, 'A' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, on a route march near Grantham, just before Operation MARKET GARDEN. (Via Bob Hilton)
Men of 3 Platoon, 'A' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, on a route march near Grantham, just before Operation MARKET GARDEN. (Via Bob Hilton)
C-47 42-23342 of the 314th Troop Carrier Group at Harlaxton after its crash-landing in January 1945. (via Col Mark Vlahos)
HM King George VI inspects a training course in air re-supply in the grounds of Harlaxton Hall, Lincolnshire. Units on parade were the 250th (Airborne) Light Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps, who were teaching this course to the 253rd Divisional Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps. (Sgt Rooke, Army Film & Photographic Unit, via Bob Hilton)
June 1944: Paratroopers of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, US 82nd Airborne Division, check their parachutes at Saltby airfield in preparation for D-Day. (US Army Signal Corps)
A rare still from a historic film. It is late evening, 5 June 1944, and Lt Col Joel Crouch lifts off from North Witham's runway 30, the first Allied aircraft to take off for the Airborne assault on Normandy, D-Day. (Critical Past 65675058906: U.S. Government Archive Number:342 USAF 48197 [DBVT])
Lieutenant Colonel Joel Crouch with his D-Day crew. Standing L to R: Nav - Capt William Culp; Pilot - Lt Col Joel L Crouch; Radio - Cpl Harold E Coonrod; Co-pilot - Capt Vito S Pedone. Kneeling L to R: Surgeon - Capt Edward E Cannon; Crew Chief Edward F. Laurendeau. (via Steve Pedone)
