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NameBy Air to Battle. The official account of the British Airborne Divisions
CategoryAction in the Air
DepartmentMinistry Of Information
Issued ForAir Ministry
SO.Code70-469
Published Oct/1945
Pages144
FormB
Size14.5 x 22.5
ARJ043.0/A
Organisations referenced
People referenced
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133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance Ainsworth, John Alfred 2-inch mortar
16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance Anderson, Kenneth Arthur Noel Aerodrome
181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance Arnim, Hans-Jürgen, von After
1st (Airlanding) Anti-Tank Battery Royal Artillery Arnold, William Frank Air commodore
1st Air Landing Reconnaissance Squadron Ashford, Richard Air Force Squadron
1st Airborne Division Atkinson, Robert Norman Air Vice-Marshal
1st Airlanding Brigade Barton, Wallace Stanley Airborne forces
1st Airlanding Light Regiment, RA Baskeyfield, John Daniel Airspeed Horsa Glider
1st Independent Parachute Brigade (Poland) Bellamy, Robert Hugh Anti-aircraft warfare
1st Parachute Brigade Bols, Eric Louis Anti-tank warfare
1st Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers Bourne, Geoffrey Kemp Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle
1st Special Service Brigade Bradish, W. P. B. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
21st Independent Parachute Company Brereton, Lewis Hyde Artillery
22nd Independent Parachute Company Briggs, Bernard Walter Avro 504
261st (Airborne) Field Park Company Royal Engineers Brotheridge, Herbert Denham Avro Lancaster
2nd (Oban) (Airlanding) Anti-Tank Battery Royal Artillery Brown, Henry Faulkner Bangalore torpedo
2nd Parachute Brigade Browning, Frederick Arthur Montague Battalion
3rd Infantry Division Buchanan, John Stewart Aitchison Battleship
3rd Parachute Brigade Burwash, Herbert David Billet
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division Bush, Alan Boche
4th Armoured Brigade Cain, Robert Henry Bombardier
4th Parachute Brigade Charteris, Euan Basil Cyril Bomber
4th Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers Chatterton, George James Stewart Breda 30
51st (Highland) Infantry Division Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough Bren Gun
51st Troop Carrier Wing Cochran, Alexander Verner Bridgehead
5th Parachute Brigade Coningham, Arthur 'Mary' Brigade
6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment Cooper, Thomas Bruce Brigadier general
6th Airborne Division Crichton, John Louis Bristol Blenheim
6th Airlanding Brigade Darvall, Lawrence Broadside
78th Infantry Division Davis, Peter Brian Newsom Buffalo Landing Vehicle Tracked
9th Field Company Royal Engineers Deane-Drummond, Anthony John Cockpit
Afrika Korps Dempsey, Miles Christopher Colonel
Air Ministry Derek Aldwin 'Tommy' Grant Combined Operations
Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Dobie, David Theodore Commanding Officer
Allied Expeditionary Air Force Donaldson, Adrian Company
Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) Down, Ernest Edward Compass
Bofors AB Dupenois, Georges Corporal
Bomber Command Egan, Bernard Charles Mary Corps
Border Regiment Eisenhower, Dwight David Croix de Guerre
British 21st Army Group Fiddament, Arthur Leonard Cruiser
British 5th Corps Fitch, John Anthony Colson Defensive fighting position
British Army Flavell, Edwin William Conquest Destroyer
British Commandos Fox, Dennis Barraclough Dinghy
British Eighth Army Frank, Anthony Mutrie Distinguished Conduct Medal
British First Army Fraser, Simon Christopher Joseph, 15th Lord Lovat Distinguished Flying Cross
British I Airborne Corps Frost, John Dutton Distinguished Service Order
British I Corps Gale, Richard Nelson Division
British intelligence agencies Galpin, Dennis Patton Douglas C-47 Skytrain
British Second Army Gough, Charles Frederick Howard Dressing Station
Central Landing Establishment Göring, Hermann Wilhelm DUKW Amphibious Vehicle
Coldstream Guards Grayburn, John Hollington Eighty Eight artillery gun
Devonshire Regiment Gwinnett, John Fighter
Dorset Regiment Hackett, John Winthrop Fighter Bomber
Durham Light Infantry Harvey, Leslie Gordon Flame-thrower
First Allied Airborne Army Hibbert, James Anthony Flare
Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG Hicks, Philip Hugh Whitby Flight Lieutenant
Forces Françaises de l’Intérieure (French Forces of the Interior) Hill, Stanley James Ledger Flight Sergeant
French Foreign Legion Hitler, Adolf Flying officer
French Navy Hodge, Francis Vere Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor
German 15th Army Hollinghurst, Leslie Norman Fore
German 7th Parachute Division Holman, Michael Robert Full general
German 84th Infantry Division Hopkinson, George Frederick Fuselage
Gestapo Howard, Reginald John Garrison
Glider Pilot Regiment Jack, Captain Allen General Aircraft Hamilcar Glider
Guards Armoured Division John Couch Adams Roseveare General Aircraft Hotspur Glider
Hardwick Hall Airborne Forces Training Depot Johnson, Alexander Percival General Officer Commanding
Hitler Youth Kerr, David Fisher General Staff Officer
International Committee of the Red Cross Kilkenny, John Callistus George Cross
IX Troop Carrier Command Kindersley, Hugh Kenyon Molesworth Glider Tug
King’s Own Scottish Borderers Kluge, Wolfgang, von Glider Tug Cable Angle Indicator
Luftwaffe Lander, John Grand Slam
Messerschmitt AG Lathbury, Gerald William Gunboat
Ministry of Aircraft Production Lautour, Robert Edward Vane de Gunners
No. 38 Group RAF Leigh-Mallory, Trafford Hand Grenade
No. 46 Group RAF Lennard Withers Handley Page Halifax
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Lindsay, Martin Alexander Hangar
Parachute Regiment Lipmann-Kessel, Alexander William Hawker Hector
Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF Livesey, Trevor John Hawker Hurricane
RAF Army Co-operation Command Loder-Symonds, Robert Guy Hawker Typhoon
RAF Fighter Command Longland, Cedric James Hispano-Suiza HS.404
RAF Second Tactical Air Force Lonsdale, Richard Thomas Henry Hun
RAF Transport Command Lord, John Clifford Infantry
Red Army Luard, Peter John Jerry
Royal Air Force Luxmoore, Jones, Osmond Lance-Corporal
Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) Lyne, John Francis Landing Craft
Royal Army Service Corps Mackay, Eric Maclachan Legion of Honour
Royal Artillery Mackenzie, Charles Baillie Lieutenant colonel
Royal Australian Air Force McCardie, William Derek Hessing Life Jacket
Royal Corps of Signals McDermont, Andrew Johnston Light Tank Mk VII Tetrarch
Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) McGee, Michael John Lighter Barge
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Meikle, Ian Ormiston Lockheed Hudson
Royal Engineers Methven, David Alexander Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Royal Scots Fusiliers Midwood, Robert M4 Sherman Tank
Royal Ulster Rifles Montgomery, bernard, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Machine gun
Schutzstaffel (SS) Mountbatten, Louis, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Major
South Staffordshire Regiment Murdoch, Barry Major general
The Royal Navy Murray, Douglas Campbell Messerschmitt Bf 109
The Young Mens Christian Association Murray, Francis Anthony Stoddard Miles Master
United States 101st Airborne Division Murray, Iain Arthur Military airbase
United States 17th Airborne Division Mussolini, Benito Military Cross
United States 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment Myers, Edmund Charles Wolf Military Glider
United States 82nd Airborne Division Newnham, Maurice Ashdown Military Medal
United States 9th Infantry Division Olav V of Norway Mine
United States Army Air Force Otway, Terence Brandram Hastings ML 3-inch mortar
United States Navy O’Callaghan, Eric Charles Monoplane
US Eight Air Force Packe, Michael St John Mortar
US Ninth Air Force Parker, Reginald Goulbourne MP 40 submachine gun
Vichy France Parry, George Edward Maule National Service Act, 1939
War Office Patch, Alexander McCarrell Naval fleet
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) Payton-Reid, Robert Naval Squadron
Women’s Voluntary Service Pearson, Alistair Stevenson No. 82 grenade
Perrin-Brown, Christopher Non-commissioned officer (NCO)
Pétain, Henri Philippe Benoni Omer North American P-51 Mustang
Pickard, Percy Charles Obice da 149/19 howitzer
Pine-Coffin, Richard Geoffrey Order of the Bath
Poett, Joseph Howard Nigel Order of the British Empire
Queripel, Lionel Ernest Ordnance QF 75 mm
Ramsay, Bertram Home Panther Tank
Randall, Derrick Henry Panzer
Ridgway, Matthew Bunker Panzer IV Tank
Robb, Campbell Galway Parachute
Rock, John Frank Phosphorus Munitions
Rommel, Erwin Johannes Eugen Pillbox
Scarlett-Streatfeild, James Rowland Pilot Officer
Sherriff, Charles Gordon Platoon
Siely, John Pontoon Bridge
Simpson, Denis Jackson Port
Skilton, Douglas Henry Projector, Infantry, Anti Tank (PIAT)
St Valery Norman, Henry Nigel QF 6-pounder Gun
Storrs, David Valentine Radar
Strange, Louis Arbon Rearguard
Street, Gerard Lewis William Reconnaissance
Sweeney, Henry John Regiment
Tatham-Warter, Allison Digby Regimental Aid Post
Taylor, William Andrews Regimental sergeant major
Teichman, Philip Raymond Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
Temple, Reginald Robert Rifle
Thompson, William Francis Kynaston Royal Victorian Order
Tilly, Gerald Rudder
Timothy, John Sapper
Townsend, Eric Self Propelled Gun
Turrell, Albert Thomas Sergeant
Urquhart, Robert Elliot Sergeant major
Vernon, Charles Dennis Harling Shell
Walch, Arthur Gordon Short S.25 Sunderland
Wallis, David William Short Stirling
Wallwork, James Harley Siegfried line
Watkins, Robert Talbot Spandau 'Machine Gun'
Wavell, Archibald Percival, 1st Earl Wavell Spoiler
Welch, William Gordon Starboard
White, Raymond Ernest Sten gun
Widdicombe, John Wicks Stern
Wilkinson, Arthur Bernard Stevedore
Williams, John Llewellyn Subaltern
Wilson, Bernard Alexander Submarine
Witzig, Rudolf Supermarine Spitfire
Yeldham, Eric Charles Supply Dropping Point
Young, Peter George Francis Tail Wheel
Tank
Thompson submachine gun
Tiger Tank
Tommy Atkins (Tommy)
Tracer ammunition
Trim tab
Troop Carrier
Troopship
Turret
Undercarriage
Vice Admiral
Vickers .50 machine gun
Vickers Wellington
Victoria Cross
Waco CG-4 Glider