Cee, That's Lt. Cote who dropped with his mortar platoon near Octville. Brithm Ah, good to know. I see you have him in another shot in post 4, photo 3 Thanks ...
8PARA, Good one!! As you've probably noticed some of the attached pics have gone missing in the changeover, and to add to the confusion a few of the pic titles may be wrong now. But this one shows at least 2 men from your group and may have been # 6 in brithm's first post. Correct me if I'm wrong. Cheers ...
Nicolas, The photo you refer to in post 8 may have been renamed in the changeover to the new Forum, but brithm would know better than me on that? I'll throw up a crop showing Lance-Corporal Frank Gleeson and the Paras being marched through St Pierre sur Dives. I can see a similarity between the two, but the height seems different if we assume the blackened, helmeted Para to right is the same man. There are actually two separate shots of that group in decent quality on the Calvados Archive (which claims copyright?). In one Gleeson is partially hidden by the German soldier in front. I'll add a crop here. If anyone wants the full photos let me know by PM. Regards ...
Just found this photo on the Mary Evans website of British Paratroopers from the 6th Airborne Division taken prisoner, the photo taken on the 8th June 1944, somewhere in Calvados, Normandy. Mary Evans Picture Library. Historical images. Historical archive. Images of history. Images. Pictures. History. ILN. Stock. Photos Fine Art. Illustrations.
brithm, An interesting photo. I wonder where it was taken? I noticed that Critical Past has their own YouTube channel. Some of the links you posted are on there in fairly high rez, but none of the POWs being marched through Paris as yet. Regards ...
Some photos from Belgian Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society, taken of paratroopers from the 6th Airborne Division taken prisoner. http://pallas.cegesoma.be/pls/opac/opac.search?lan=E&seop=5&sele=3&sepa=1&doty=___&sest=prisonniers%20allies&chna=&senu=85341&rqdb=1&dbnu=1 Brithm
I have been looking through Corbis images and found a still described as "Soldiers of the German Wehrmacht search a French partisan in the combat zone in Caen, France, 7 June 1944." It is in fact an RAF pilot with a British paratrooper behind (I think) from the Berliner/Verlag archive. http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/42-41346428/wwii-r%C3%A9sistance-1944?popup=1
Article about paratrooper finally receiving his medals. Sgmn. Andrew Corbett Mavor was a signaller in J Section, 6th Airborne Divisional Signals attached to 3rd Parachute Brigade. He emplaned in Dakota KG.515, chalk number 298, flown by RAF 271 Squadron piloted by S/Ldr. Squires from Down Ampney airfield with 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, Mavor dropped near Villers sur Mer and was captured a few days later on 11th June 1944 at Pont L'Eveque spent rest of the war at Muhlberg POW camp. http://www.sloughobserver.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2014/12/24/106271-campaign-medals-are-perfect-christmas-present-for-92yearold-war-hero/ The whole stick were either captured or killed in action; Cpl. O’Connell , Canadian paratrooper, was in Mavor's stick he was the only one of the aircraft to escape after three months as a wounded prisoner; his and Canadian Padre Captain Harris' parachutes got entangled and sent them crashing to the ground killing the padre and injuring severely O'Connell. brithm
Is this the O'Connell you are talking about? If so I would be interested in any details about him. This guy is recorded as being in Rennes PW Hospital. PVT 4202430 O'Connell, N. BR Shrapnel head
Hi all, the other day I was at Gare de l'Est station in Paris. I remember of the POWs picture BritHM once posted. Sorry the picture is not top quality (I will try to do a better one next time and with the same angle as the original....). Regards, Ludo
Hi all, I was at Gare de l'Est yesterday and tried to get the same angle as the original.... it is certain the picture was taken Rue d'Alsace at the end of the propaganda march in Paris between Gare du Nord station and Gare de l'Est sttation. When the picture was taken the POWs were waiting to get Inside Gare de l'Est station Ludo
Ludo, It looks like the same fence, unless it was replaced by one very similar later. I found one of the films showing the POW march through Paris on YouTube. Regards ...
Another unknown Glider Pilot prisoner of war in profile taken around 8th June 1944 somewhere in Normandy with other paratroopers. If you look on the far left is a soldier from the 43rd Wessex Division can't see his battalion.
Reading recently Glider Pilot Andrew 'Sandy' Dow's story of how he was captured in the Glider Pilot Regiment association magazine The Eagle. I noticed in some footage filmed in Paris on the 29th June 1944 Sandy Dow on his way to the railway station http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/obituaries/sandy-dow-doctor-and-d-day-veteran-1.1051637 He was in glider Chalk Number 100 for operation Tonga and his co pilot Chadwick was killed. brithm