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les08 · 24-08-2005, 10:16 PM

I am led to believe my grandfather was one of the first to do the training at ringway and I am looking for any information on it

Kiwiwriter · 25-08-2005, 05:17 PM

Welcome to the boards!

Try the Parachute Regiment's museum at Aldershot. That would be a good place to start.

Thank you for your grandfather's service to Crown and Country.

No.9 · 01-09-2005, 05:12 AM

It would be helpful to know when he went to Ringway considering there was only one small test operation before the first Parachute Brigade raid on 27 February 1942?

No.9

mattgibbs · 02-12-2005, 06:45 PM

If I am correct the offictal forming of the Central Landing School was on 21st June 1940. Later known as the Parachute Training School. It was commmanded by Squadron Leader Louis Strange DSO MC DFC. Major J. Rock was the senior army officer. The first training course started at Ringway on 9 July with 100 volunteers from B & C Troop of No.2 Commando under Lt. Colonel Jackson.
the first trainee drops apparently took place on 14th July and LAC Oakes was the first to do so.

The first deployment of Allied paratroops 'in action' was on 10 February 1941 when the Apulia water viaduct over the River Sele near Tragino in Southern Italy was attacked and damaged.

Look forward to hearing more on this. My main interest in Ringway is the first few SOE agents were soon trained there.
Kind regards
MG

25-08-2005, 05:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newark, NJ, and Christchurch, NZ Posts: 2,431	Welcome to the boards! Try the Parachute Regiment's museum at Aldershot. That would be a good place to start. Thank you for your grandfather's service to Crown and Country. __________________ "My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill. "I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Check out my little contributions to World War II history at my web pages: World War II Plus 55 or http://davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com

02-12-2005, 06:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
mattgibbs Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 141	If I am correct the offictal forming of the Central Landing School was on 21st June 1940. Later known as the Parachute Training School. It was commmanded by Squadron Leader Louis Strange DSO MC DFC. Major J. Rock was the senior army officer. The first training course started at Ringway on 9 July with 100 volunteers from B & C Troop of No.2 Commando under Lt. Colonel Jackson. the first trainee drops apparently took place on 14th July and LAC Oakes was the first to do so. The first deployment of Allied paratroops 'in action' was on 10 February 1941 when the Apulia water viaduct over the River Sele near Tragino in Southern Italy was attacked and damaged. Look forward to hearing more on this. My main interest in Ringway is the first few SOE agents were soon trained there. Kind regards MG __________________ The enemy invariably attacks on one of two occasions: 1. When he is ready. 2. When you are not.

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24-08-2005, 10:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
les08 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1	I am led to believe my grandfather was one of the first to do the training at ringway and I am looking for any information on it

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No.9 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: England Posts: 221	It would be helpful to know when he went to Ringway considering there was only one small test operation before the first Parachute Brigade raid on 27 February 1942? No.9

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