Another would be the conception of the RAF regiment, tasked with countering adversaries from a wide spectrum of threats. On February 1, 1942, the RAF regiment was tasked to seize, secure, and defend airfields to enable air operations by deploying light anti-aircraft squadrons.The...
One was my second cousin six times removed Edwin Mainwaring, youngest son of Edward (1744 – 1803) and Elizabeth nee Reeves, who saw service in India in the Royal Scots regiment from 1818 until his death there in 1823. Edwin was born on 20 January 1801 and baptised on 25 February ...
He was an Olympic rowing cox and Japanese Prisoner of War in World War 2 and who served in 2-Cambs regiment and who also appeared on 'This is Your Life'. He gave a remarkable speech recording his ordeal which was broadcast on the BBC and a transcript survives and was given on the ...
With regard Cyprus, depends on what was at Akrotiri at the time. APC (Armament Practice Camps) could have Frightnings or Phantoms, Tatty Tons (100 Sqn) Canberra's , maybe a Vulcan or two, C130s, a Squadron of Wessex, Episkopi and Dhekalia Garrison and 34 Sqn RAF Regiment (light armou...
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19.A VISIT TO MOUNT COLLINS Home of the Light Horse Regiment 机译:前往山林集束的光匹马军团之家 作者:Jan-Willem Hoorweg 期刊名称:《Military History Journal》 | 2016年第2期 20.THE BUTTE DE WARLENCOURT Johannesburg memorials to South Africans who fell in the attack by the 1st South African ...
(including 6,000 women in the WRAF), the majority of whom were stationed in the U.K. or in Europe as part ofNATOforces. The RAF regiment remained after the war as a regular arm of the service, tasked with securing airfields and providing forward air control personnel to British army ...
One other innovation was the formation of the RAF regiment for the protection of aerodromes against enemy attack. Armed with light antiaircraft weapons as well as with the ordinary infantry armament, they were trained on commando lines. They normally served under the orders of the local air ...
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The Harlem Hellfighters and Other All-Black Regiments The Legendary Harlem Hellfighters By the time World War I began, there were four all-Black regiments in the U.S. military: the 24th and 25th Infantry and the 9th and 10th Cavalry. All four regiments comprised of celebrated soldiers who ...