After Mr Neal's brother died, he used that research and his own to tell their uncle's story in a book By Glider to Normandy ...

Gliders were used to successfully land troops up to 10 miles behind ... Over 900 gliders carried the American 17th Airborne Division and the British 6th Airborne Division into Germany in support ...

Managers at a country estate are preparing to host a special commemorative service to honour pilots who flew on a major World ...

British, Canadian and ... of the Rhine to join up with the airborne troops dropped to its east. Varsity took place just five ...

On the airborne troops landed behind enemy lines on D-Day ... Shortly after midnight the British 6th and American 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions began landing. On the eastern flank, British ...

They tell the story of the Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle ... Helmets display the markings used by 101st paratroopers and glider troops to identify their unit affiliations.

This was Operation Varsity when more than 16,000 British, Canadian and American troops ... story starts with a glider crossing the Rhine as part of the 6th Airborne and then he teams up with ...