April 5, 2024
WW2 official photograph Airborne troops 1st landing Liberation of Europe
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In good condition(caption attached to the front top left) a WW2 photograph showing Airborne troops who made the first landing for the Liberation of Europe.Left to right on the photo:Lt Bobby de Latour(London)-Lt Don Wells(London)-Lt John Vischer(Newport Pagnell Bucks) and Lt Bob Midwood (Scarborough).Information on the rear and detailed in the second photograph.Measures 10 by 8 inches.Also listed 170809482404 (scheduled to start between 9-9.30 Wed 21 March) which compliments this photograph regarding the Airborne troops who made the first landing for the Liberation of Europe. .uk/upload/pdf/RESOURCE_I_The_Airborne_landings_19_APR_06_20060619175035.pdfThere is some information on this site,please note it is a pdf file and may take some time to download."The Final Embarkation: Four 'stick' commanders of 22nd Independent Parachute Company, British6th Airborne Division, synchronising their watches in front of an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle ofNo 38 Group, Royal Air Force, at about 11 pm on 5 June, just prior to take off from RAF Harwell,Oxfordshire. This pathfinder unit parachuted into Normandy in advance of the rest of the division inorder to mark out the landing zones, and these officers, (left to right, - Lieutenants, Bobby de laTour, Don Wells, John Vischer and Bob Midwood), were among the first Allied troops to land inFrance."Weighs
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