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Niel and Chuck, First, have you both downloaded the high altitude/wide angle frame US7GR_1857_8010 from the Resource Files section? It gives a...

Hi Chuck, There is an account of a water landing by a Horsa in 'Glide to Glory' which, IIRC, matches your description very well. The book is an...

Hi Allan, Thanks for the rank and unit corrections. Despite these mistakes, I have yet to read a more agreeable (if that's the right word)...

To continue from p. 87... If the Poles had a bad first day during Phase 2 of 'Totalize'. the Canadians, also primarily a force of green units,...

To continue from p. 83... Patton's men were now loose on their second cavalry charge in France, this time through the province of Maine and it...

to continue from p. 81... Having spoken with Bradley at 12th U.S. Army Group HQ on his first full day in Normandy on the 8th August, Eisenhower...

To continue from page 80... Kurt Meyer's 12th SS Panzer counterattack on the afternoon of the 8th August did not deceive von Kluge into the...

Hi All, I have been looking for 'Totalize' footage, but have so far only found 'Goodwood' related stuff. The film here on the AP British...

Just another angle on the 'shorts' which occurred in both operations 'Cobra' and 'Totalize'. This is cut from 'My Three Years with...

Hi All, Having received my copy of Brian Reid's excellent book 'No Holding Back', I was anxious to see if Eddy Florentin's account of Operation...

To continue from page 80... He is not mentioned in the book, but as I understand matters, it was during this German counterattack that SS...

Continuing from page 79 (8th August)... More follows... Regards, Pat

To continue from page 77... Feldmarschall von Kluge considered his options on the evening of 8th August. Despite the danger now very apparent...

To continue from page 75... Not for the first time, General Bradley's staff could not locate George Patton: I presume the stone in question...

To continue from page 73... General Eisenhower arrived in Normandy at his new CP 'Shellburst' near the village of Tournieres, north of Cerisy...

To continue from page 71... Further insight regarding the liberation of Le Mans can be gleamed from the following extract pertaining to the...

Neil, The Horsa I am thinking of, tail still attached, is shown in a field with the footage being shot from a gateway with two ash poles acting...

Thanks John, The hamlet of l'Epine au Verdier looks to be the location based on your links. The farmhouses therein appear to afford good views...

Morning Neil, There is footage on one of Tyler Albert's Combat Reels DVDs of intact Horsas standing in a field and, IIRC, it is immediately...

Hi Charles, We have nothing in the digitised NCAP archive from this sortie - they may have un-scanned master prints of course, but you would...