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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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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 ...
F (Sphinx) Parachute Battery: 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery: L118 light gun: Merville Barracks, Colchester Garrison: 1800: Regular G Parachute Battery (Mercer's Troop) 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery: L118 light gun: Merville Barracks, Colchester Garrison: 1801: Regular I Parachute Battery (Bull's Troop) 7th ...
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]
In August 1943, Otway transferred to the Parachute Regiment to become Second-in-Command of the 9th (Eastern and Home Counties) Parachute Battalion. In March 1944, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and took over as Commanding Officer (CO). The Normandy landings - the invasion of Europe took place in June 1944.