The Chalk Collection @ChalkCollection
A rapidly growing collection of historically important documents, photographs, uniforms, equipment, and ephemera primarily relating to the Glider Pilot Regiment facebook.com/chalklh Leeds, England Joined July 2018-
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@MikeHistorian @BattlefieldBen @almurray Thanks mate, I haven’t had chance to see them in situ yet so I must make the pilgrimage at some point! 🙄
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@MikeHistorian Interestingly, the Locust was initially designed to be slung below a transport aircraft - with the turret carried inside. The idea was to land on a secured airfield then put the turret on and off you go! You can see the sling rings on the Tank Museum Locust 😳
@BattlefieldBen It happens. I thought you were being cryptic at first 🤣
4/4 Sometimes, it takes sacrifice to make a difference.
The capture of the Orne Canal and Orne River bridges was one of the most important and breathtaking events in the GPR battle honours. It is sometimes forgotten that the regiment also played a much larger and equally crucial role on D.Day, June 6 1944... 1/4
Note also that 1st Bn Border Regiment arrive in US trucks (at 4:42), jolly good stuff!
A superb piece of film from the IWM Collection, WITH SOUND. Note the two GPR pilots in shirt sleeve order with pinned on wings! iwm.org.uk/collections/it…
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Bernie Vincent and Martin Bull are restoring a rare WW2 Airspeed Horsa glider cockpit, a challenging project involving expensive, hard-to-source materials. Built at Cheltenham's H.H. Martyn factory, this example is one of 3,800+ used for 1944 invasions, including D-Day and Arnhem
@JohnnyD87968172 @DrHelenFry I’m sure you’ll enjoy it @JohnnyD87968172 it gives a good overhead view of the whole battle too.
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All set up and ready for a great day at @air_museum with Dr Bruce Tocher for an Operation Freshman memorial and lecture.
@6thairborne @GPRSociety Certainly RAF wings so I think it’s safe to assume he’s a glider pilot. Interesting that he’s wearing the infantry helmet too 🤔😎
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