6thAirdivnormandybriefing.jpg

Description

IWM caption : THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45. Men of 22nd Independent Parachute Company, 6th Airborne Division for the invasion.

Comment: This happened during preparation for Operation Tonga , part of the airborne invasion of Normandy. The officer briefing them is Lieutenant Robert Midwood ^[1] . Others have been identified ^[2] , too.

Date

4 - 5 June 1944

Source

This photograph H 39089 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-37)

Author

Malindine, E G (Capt), War Office official photographer

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[1] ttps://www.paradata.org.uk/media/5851

[2] ttp://www.pegasusarchive.org/normandy/Photos/Pic_IndCoy.htm

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