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Allied intelligence believed the Merville Gun Battery was composed of heavy-calibre 150 mm (5.9 in) guns that could threaten the British landings at Sword Beach, only 8 miles (13 km) away. The 9th Parachute Battalion, part of the 3rd Parachute Brigade attached to 6th Airborne Division, was given the objective of destroying the battery. However ...
On 23 April 9th Parachute Battalion and the brigade were transferred to the newly formed 6th Airborne Division. [8] [9] At the same time Hill was promoted to take over as the brigade commander and he was replaced as commanding officer by Lieutenant Colonel Terence Otway. [8] By 1944 a headquarters or support company, was added to the battalion.
I Parachute Battery (Bull's Troop) 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery: Headquarters Battery: Merville Barracks, Colchester Garrison: 1805: Regular 170 (Imjin) Battery: 12 Regiment Royal Artillery: Headquarters Battery: Baker Barracks, Thorney Island: 1857: Regular T Battery (Shah Sujah's Troop) 12 Regiment Royal Artillery: Stormer HVM ...
A USAF Boeing B-29 Superfortress, 44-87651, of the 99th Bomb Squadron, 9th Bomb Group, 9th Bomb Wing, carrying a Mark 4 nuclear bomb, suffers runaway propellers and landing gear retraction problems during takeoff at Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base, Fairfield, California; concerned that the aircraft cannot clear rising terrain ahead, aircraft ...
[9] On 30 April 1946 FZ559 a Douglas Dakota C.3 of No. 3 Parachute Training School hit the ground at Pindi-Khut, India while low flying, 12 killed. [9] On 8 June 1946 KG747 a Douglas Dakota C.3 operated by the Accra Station Flight hit trees while flying below cloud in bad weather 70 miles east of Lagos, Nigeria, 22 killed. [9]
Nicholas Stephen Alkemade (10 December 1922 – 22 June 1987) was a British tail gunner in the Royal Air Force during World War II who survived a freefall of 18,000 feet (5,490 m) without a parachute after abandoning his out-of-control, burning Avro Lancaster heavy bomber over Germany.
January 29, 2024 at 9:05 AM Pakphipat Charoenrach/Moment RF/Getty Images A British BASE jumper has died in Thailand after his parachute failed to open when he launched off an apartment building ...
British casualties were slightly mitigated as the mortar shells predominantly landed on soft peat, which lessened the impact of the explosion. The diversion suffered a total of 2 killed, Lance Corporal Pashley of 9 Parachute Squadron and WO2 Danny Wight, [3] [16] with 16 more wounded.