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…1945, that all ended when the Old Breed went into the lines against the teeth of the Japanese defences on the southern front. The Division smashed up against the Shuri Line, and in a series of grinding attacks under incessant artillery fire, reduced one supporting position after another. As May…
…in breaking out from the ANZIO Beachhead proved an expensive error, since this and the CASSINO assaults had been supposed to break the GUSTAV LINE quickly – winter in turn added to the intense difficulties of the ARMOUR and INFANTRY, even with Kangaroo tactics, in taking on the GOTHIC LINE….
…George Medal, and their whole family’s courage and sacrifice for the wider goals of freedom, as an exemplar of the Comet Line – ‘La Ligne Comète’. (Nadine was its Secretary since 1985) – which was penetrated several times, but re-formed by others. Also not forgetting the “Pat O’Leary Line” and…
…forward, he needed to understand evolving actions on the battlefield and experienced first-hand the fierce fighting in ITALY. Here a signatory for the steady breaching of the strong GOTHIC LINE, scene of GALLANT, DIFFICULT and COSTLY FIGHTING, as well as the changing fortunes of war; he witnessed the tragic loss…
…– sadly his personal success at the GOTHIC LINE was marred within hours, hearing that his brother. EDWARD, a GUNNER in one of the following tanks, had been killed advancing in his own tank’s wake – for four days they were in pursuit before PADDY was able to go back…
…battle honours and decorations awarded. The 4th, 8th and 10th Indian Divisions will always be associated with fighting at Cassino, the capture of Rome, the Arno Valley, the liberation of Florence, and the breaking of the Gothic Line. In the Serchio River Valley, on the Fifth Army front, German counterattack…
…Line, near to France’s frontier with Germany. Operations in France Operations in France In October 1939, the squadron moved to Vassincourt, where it became a part of the AASF, ready for operations over the front line. This force included ten squadrons of Fairey Battle light bombers, together with the Hurricanes…
…a midget submarine. Copyright: © IWM ART LD 5794. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/3286 In the heat and confinement of the Xcraft, conditions were extremely unpleasant. The men kept themselves going by sipping orange juice from the refrigerator before taking Benzedrine tablets at 6am. Three hours later, Fraser sighted the line of…
…in-line 110m (360ft) steel transmitter towers (there were originally four) with transmitting aerials suspended between and on the right are four 73m (240ft) wooden receiver towers placed in a square, with the heavily protected transmitter building in the middle. ‘Hearn was engaged in top secret work, vital to Britain’s war…
…Museum, where they form part of the Ashcroft Gallery. LOCATION OF MEDAL: LORD ASHCROFT GALLERY, IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON. BURIAL PLACE: HOLY TRINITY CHURCHYARD, SUNNINGDALE, BERKSHIRE.” VC Online An Impression of Lens, France, Seen from an Aeroplane: The Anglo-German Front Line, 1918 by Richard C Carline © Art.IWM ART 2661…
…Player and it includes three historic films made by the Le Court Film Unit and Group Captain Leonard Cheshire. As well as on the BFI Player, disabled film maker Brian Line’s musical documentary Maybe Today can be viewed on the Rewind website. In this film, Brian tells a story of…
…about his first experience in a Supermarine Spitfire in The Last Enemy. (NB ‘Killy’ Kilmartin is Signatory #35] The Spitfires stood in two lines outside ‘A’ Flight pilots’ room. The dull grey-brown of the camouflage could not conceal the clear-cut beauty, the wicked simplicity of their lines. I hooked up…
…a biplane, single bay, with staggered wings of unequal span, untapered and having rounded tips and dihedral. It has a single in-line engine, single fin and rudder and fixed undercarriage © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205448681 The flying school’s training aircraft – mostly a variety of obsolete biplanes – were assembled…
…of the Second World War, RAF bomb disposal personnel had dealt with some 175,000 weapons of British, Allied and enemy origin in Britain and Europe. The BD squads were in the front line of a battle between the British and German scientists, and sometimes enormous risks had to be taken…
…by the RAF. The Spitfire needed a great deal of work before it was deemed safe for young RAF pilots to fly, and it did not enter squadron service until July 1938. However, developed through many marks and variants, the Spitfire remained a first-line fighter throughout the war. After transferring…
…Sergeant Major David E SMITH BLACK WATCH (Father WW1 CAMERONIAN wounded) 1943 6 CDO; SWORD BEACH 0800h D-DAY,6 weeks wounded, ARDENNES, RHINE CROSSING to NE LUBECK #231 Albert STRONG Sgt T Albert ‘Titch’ STRONG MM 5th LIGHT FIELD AMBULANCE for RASC; lst Battalion SCOTS GUARDS mascot, ITALY GOTHIC LINE rescue…
…MC* RAMC for the Royal Army Medical Corps, who lost 2,463 killed out of 12,000 officers & 83,000 other ranks; a most experienced front line doctor, he joined abroad without uniform, records or training, after disillusioned work in the international VOLUNTEER FORCE for FINLAND, this leading him via RUSSIA, TURKEY…
…in a cornfield, before Archie was passed through the French Resistance escape line down through the entirety of France, over the Pyrenees and through Spain to Gibraltar before returning to Britain in early 1942, where he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). His service record for this period simply…
…are any feenies about’, then kneel beside it and say his prayers.” Bolitho took a similar line in his 1943 book Combat Report, attesting to Hull’s “bubbling, unquenchable gaiety”. According to Bolitho, Hull was “possessed of a magic power of creating happiness in others; making them belittle their cares, of…
…1919. BRITISH MAURICE-FARMAN AEROPLANE APPROACHING, ATTACKED BY ENEMY FOKKER by Richard C Carline (1919) © IWM ART6349 Flying Above Kirkuk, Kurdistan by Sydney William Carline, 1919 © Art.IWM ART 4637 Ypres Seen from an Aeroplane by Richard C Carline (Art.IWM ART 6342) An aerial view of the heavily bomb-damaged town…
…Hurricane Squadron to Merville in France after the German invasion. “We patrolled the front line wherever it happened to be at the time,” he recalled. “The Hun aircraft were all over the place. You just took off, and there they were.” On his sixth day of continuous combat, during which…
…destroying at least 20 enemy aircraft, Cunningham piloted the maiden flight of the Comet, which became the world’s first passenger jet airliner. When the plane was involved in a series of dramatic crashes, Cunningham took a model off the production line, and tested it to the point of destruction. He…
…insistence on pilot’s shaving; flying kit worn including scarf; imposing leadership on squadron; character of airstrips; airfield defence; problems with sand; reasons for taking off line abreast; further details of Curtiss P40 Kittyhawk and its role as ground attack aircraft; reaction to squadron taking over ground attack role; evolving ground…
…like ourselves out of the two million returning ex-servicemen … ten times the number serving in the Navy in 1939” and again paraphrasing Cdr Mike CROSLEY DSC* RN [Signatory 234] from “Up in Harm’s Way”: “There were 110 FIRST LINE SQUADRONS in the FAA in Sep45, about 70 embarked in…