Hello, this is a map showing German defenses on 15 March 1945 in Flueren near Wesel. For the upcoming operation Varsity on 24 March 1945 this area...
Gents and Ladies, Assistance F/O W J Wates RAF I hope you might be able to assist I am researching Flying Officer and RAF Glider pilot William...
SSM. Lawrence William "Buck" Turnbull (4343733) Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Flying) Operation Varsity On the 24th March 1945 during the airborne...
WWII Glider Pilot Regiment hero dies aged 100 | Daily Mail Online Last surviving hero from WWII Glider Pilot Regiment who dropped Allied troops...
Hi, Perhaps some kind soul could point me in the right direction with any or all of the 3 questions below. Any assistance would be most...
Hi guys. I was wondering if anyone knew which units were responsible for doing a battlefield clear up on Op Varsity? Numerous German guns and kit...
This is a video file from the AWM archive I happened to find and I thought some might be interested. [MEDIA]
Hi Chaps, Wondering if anyone could help to clarify a question or two regarding the Glider Pilot Regiment during Operation Varsity on this very...
Details of this year's commemoration on Sunday 24th March can be found here:- Operation Varsity Memorial Service - 24/03/2019 10:45:00 Thanks...
I have been trying to establish with some certainty the circumstances of Staff Sergeant Wicks drop in a Hamilcar possibly chalk 280 which suffered...
Details of this year's commemoration on Saturday 24th March 2018 at Marks Hall can be found here:- Operation Varsity Commemoration 2018 -...
In Alan Cooper’s book Wot! No Engines F/Sgt. John Crane, an RAF Glider pilot, identifies himself as the man on the left of the Hamminkeln sign...
Cpl Henry Anthony McKenzie ,Green Howards won the MM in Korea whilst attached to the Duke of Wellingtons Regiment. I read in a newspaper article...
570 squadron photograph taken before D-Day, has been annotated with the help of Arnhem Pilot book and the Squadron's Battle Order from the...
Details of this year's commemoration on Friday 24th March 2017 at Marks Hall can be found here:- Operation Varsity Commemoration | Marks Hall...
Have just looked up the report for 315th Troop Carrier Group who flew serial B-6 for Varsity for one of the group members and emailed it to him......
Has anyone ever seen any of these? Pre or post invasion? Has anyone been to or contacted the archive in Scotland I think it is that has aerial...
The Operation Varsity Remembrance Service 24 March 2016 will be at held at Wattisham Airfield this year not Earls Colne. This is an Active...
8th Parachute Battalion veteran Gerald Clarke has been awarded the Legion of Honour. He retells the story of being in an aircraft that was shot...
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...
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