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Men of the 9th Parachute Battalion marching through Amfreville in Calvados later in June. Following the assault of 9th Parachute Battalion just before 05:00 on 6 June 1944, the battalion's survivors, just 75 men of the 150 who had set out, left the battery and headed for their secondary objective, the village of Le Plein. [25]
The 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Parachute Regiment, raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The battalion was created in late 1942 by the conversion of the 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment to parachute duties.
Three of the crew and passengers bail out but only two survive the parachute jump. [131] Paul G. Wells and Harry M. Pearl descend safely, but the parachute of Richard Chichester du Pont, 37, who won the national soaring championship five years in a row, serving as special assistant to Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold, does not open in time and he is killed.
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Headquarters (King's) Battery, 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery – formed as HQ Battery, subtitle '(King's)' added in 1969 from Liverpool Rifles, reduced to HQ Troop under Future Army Structure in 2004, disbanded and subsequently reformed in 2014 under Army 2020, but lineage transferred to South Lancashire Artillery
9 Parachute Squadron RE (often abbreviated to '9 Sqn' [9]) is an airborne squadron of the British Army's Corps of Royal Engineers. It is part of 23 Parachute Engineer Regiment based at Rock Barracks in Woodbridge, Suffolk , and provides close engineer support to 16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team .
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The division ended the day with the 3rd Parachute Brigade holding a 4 miles (6.4 km) front, with 9th Parachute Battalion at Le Plein, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion at Les Mesneil, and the 8th Parachute Battalion in the southern part of the Bois de Bavent. The 5th Parachute Brigade had the 12th Parachute Battalion occupying Le Bas de Ranville ...