1st Airlanding Brigade
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The 1st Airlanding Brigade was an airborne infantry brigade of the British Army during the Second World War and the only glider infantry formation assigned to the 1st Airborne Division, serving alongs
1st Battalion, Border Regiment, at Arnhem
Glider infantry inside an Airspeed Horsa glider
One of the 1st Airlanding Brigade's Willys MBs being loaded aboard a Waco glider
King George VI inspects men of the 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1st Airborne Division, in the North Midlands, 1944.
Operation Fustian
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Operation Fustian was an airborne forces operation undertaken during the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 in the Second World War. Also known as the Battle of Primosole Bridge, the operation was
Primosole Bridge after capture, with damaged pill box on the right.
British paratroopers, before taking part in a practice parachute jump in April 1944.
Sicily 1943, British infantry with a Sherman tank to their rear.
German Fallschirmjäger of the Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1 in Oslo, 1940.