Author: GIJBELS Peter
Title: Leading the Way to Arnhem. An Illustrated History of the 21st Independent Parachute Company 1942-1946. Based on the Fred Weatherley Files, Official Records and Personal Accounts of Members of the Company. FINE COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS
Description: [Sigmond Publishing, Renkum,, 2008]. Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS ON TITLE. The first detailed and dedicated account of 21st IPC, the pathfinder unit of 1 British Airborne. Its role was to arrive at the drop zones in advance of the main body of troops to set up electronic and visual markers pin-pointing the dropping area for the oncoming aircraft. Being first on the ground the pathfinders were to use their initiative and make their own decisions: in short, to be independent. A valuable addition to the literature of MARKET GARDEN. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN SIGNED FORM

Keywords: military, ww2, wwii, parachute regiment, airborne, arnhem, market garden, gijbels, truesdale, unit history, unit histories


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