6th Airborne Division - Prisoners of War

Discussion in 'Airborne' started by brithm, Dec 21, 2012.

  1. brithm

    brithm Senior Member

    Cee,

    That's Lt. Cote who dropped with his mortar platoon near Octville.

    Brithm
     
  2. Cee

    Cee Senior Member Patron

    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 ...
     
  3. 8PARA

    8PARA Junior Member

    Attached you'll find a picture taken in Normandy. Any one who can identify the soldiers?
     

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  4. Cee

    Cee Senior Member Patron

    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 ...
     

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  5. Nicolas75

    Nicolas75 New Member

    Hello

    Is it Frank Gleeson who is "smiling" with a maroon beret on the left pic ?

    Best regards

     
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  6. Cee

    Cee Senior Member Patron

    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 ...
     

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  7. brithm

    brithm Senior Member

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  8. Cee

    Cee Senior Member Patron

    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 ...
     
  9. brithm

    brithm Senior Member

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    brithm Senior Member

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  11. brithm

    brithm Senior Member

    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.

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  12. sirjahn

    sirjahn Member

    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
     
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  13. brithm

    brithm Senior Member

    Hi sirjahn,

    sorry no it's not.

    B86280 Cpl. Thomas B. O'Connell Battalion HQ

    Brithm
     
  14. Ludo68000

    Ludo68000 6th Airborne D-Day

    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
     

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  15. Cee

    Cee Senior Member Patron

    Nice one Ludo, thanks ... :)

    Regards ...
     
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  16. Ludo68000

    Ludo68000 6th Airborne D-Day

    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
     

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  17. Cee

    Cee Senior Member Patron

    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 ...
     
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  18. brithm

    brithm Senior Member

    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.
     

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  19. brithm

    brithm Senior Member

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  20. Cee

    Cee Senior Member Patron

    Great find there brithm!

    Regards ...
     

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