Can anyone give me any information about Sid Dadd who was a second pilot on a Hamilcar on each of these operations. I have a letter from him...
Hi Can anyone recommend any memoirs or first hand accounts from members of the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry which...
[ATTACH] Whilst visiting the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery earlier this month, a group of people approached myself and another guy I was talking...
In Memoriam - Lt. Robert Stoddart Preston KIA 24 March 1945 Operation Varsity 18 Platoon B Company 2 OXF & BUCKS Coup de Main, Glider CN2 Time of...
With the 70th Anniversary of the Rhine Crossing fast upon us I thought this segment from Canadian Army Newsreel No. 67 might be of interest. Many...
I'm reading the Tim Saunders Pen and Fraud sorry Sword book on Varsity and he said that the OBLI memorial in Hamminkeln has moved....The book was...
All, After much searching I cannot seem to located any pictures from Shepherds Grove for Operation Varsity. Are there any or are they just...
All, Wondering if anyone might be able to help me pad out some info on F/O Andrew (Andy) Harley who was an RAF glider pilot on Op Varsity. I'm...
Hi, This is my first post here and I hope I've got it in the right section. I'm researching my great uncle, Captain Peter Terrey Wykes. He was a...
Earlier this month, my new book was published. Battle of Burp Gun Corner Walka Publishing The battle was fought by Glider Pilots of the 435th...
I recently found the booklet 12th Parachute Battalion in Germany 24th March-16th May 1945, this was L/Cpl. O'Ogrady's copy. He typed out this...
Hey together, Im completely new here so I would like to introduce myself real quick, my friends call me Moe and im a 27 year old Soldier serving...
I would like to speak about Operation Varsity airborne operation to enlarge Rhine bridgehead across Wesel. I know it was initiated on 24 March...
Hello, For a friend, John Baldwin, I am looking for information on his fathers B-17 crash during Operation Varsity. He himself tried to find...
Picked this doc up a while back... quite interesting: [ATTACH] Tim
Hi everyone, may I introduce myself to the Forum. Personal interest is the Rhineland campaign, also resident in the area. I/we support a small...
In Gooseman's thread on the May 1940 invasion/defence of Holland I read the following: Operation Varsity, being more of a show of force in the...
I came across this interesting quote from Marks Hall At War (Earls Colne Airfield): "Flight officer Rosemary Britton flew as a ‘stowaway’ in one...
One of the very few memorials to a British Regiment on the Rhine. [IMG] [IMG]
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