Commando.org » History http://www.commando.org Canadian Airborne Regiment Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:03:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Canadian Airborne Forces since 1942 http://www.commando.org/2008/06/29/canadian-airborne-forces-since-1942/ http://www.commando.org/2008/06/29/canadian-airborne-forces-since-1942/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:00:46 +0000 Rob http://www.commando.org/2008/06/29/canadian-airborne-forces-since-1942/ Buy Canadian Airborne Forces since 1942I don’t know how this book passed under the radar, but Lt Col Bernd Horn has published another beautifully illustrated history of Airborne Forces in Canada from the 1st Cdn Para Battalion in 1942, through the Canadian Airborne Regiment and on to the Parachute companies.

The 1st Canadian Parachute Bn jumped into Normandy on D-Day as part of 6th British Airborne Division. They fought with distinction for the rest of the North-West Europe campaign, making a second combat jump at the Rhine crossings in March 1945, and fighting in Holland until VE-Day. In the post-war years the Canadian SAS and the Mobile Striking Force maintained an airborne capability, formalized in 1968 with the raising of a Canadian Airborne Regt, which later served overseas in Cyprus and Somalia. Since its disbandment in 1995 a parachute capability has been maintained by companies of light infantry units – Royal 22e Regt, Princess Patricia’s, and Royal Canadian Regt – which served against the Taliban and al-Quaida in Afghanistan, 2002–03. This book details the fascinating and proud history of the Canadian Airborne Regiments.

Buy Canadian Airborne Forces since 1942 at Amazon.ca and some of the sale will go to supporting this site.

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If you are near Petawawa this weekend, the Canadian Airborne Association will mark the date with a commemoration service beginning this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Wegner Point monument.

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I also added an FSF Calling card to the badges and insignia section.

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Thanks for sending in the photos guys. If anyone else has photos that they would like to send in, just let me know. We especially need more unit photos to fill in the gaps, so dig into your barracks boxes guys and see what you can find.

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]]> http://www.commando.org/2005/02/02/cabc-photos/feed/ 0 Call For Unit Crests, T-Shirts and Badges http://www.commando.org/2004/09/22/call-for-unit-crests-t-shirts-and-badges/ http://www.commando.org/2004/09/22/call-for-unit-crests-t-shirts-and-badges/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:51:21 +0000 Rob http://test.commando.org/?p=79 Jason Rose wrote to me a couple of days ago asking if I had copies of the crests on the various sub-unit t-shirts or photos of jump smocks and DEU’s, especially of the badges. This is a common request and a big hole in the site, so he sent me what he has already and I have uploaded them to the Badges section of the photo gallery.

If anyone has better copies, original artwork or photots, please send them through so that we can preserve this part of our history.

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Check it out, make sure you click on the medium size photo to see the full version and then tell me who that smirking face 3rd from the left at the back belongs to. Anyone who ever served should know. Thanks Burke!

]]> http://www.commando.org/2004/04/23/guess-who/feed/ 2 The Airborne On D-Day http://www.commando.org/2004/01/23/the-airborne-on-d-day/ http://www.commando.org/2004/01/23/the-airborne-on-d-day/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2004 19:34:00 +0000 Rob http://test.commando.org/?p=59 The Legion Magazine published a feature called The Airborne On D-Day – Part 21 which talks about airborne operations during WWII and focuses on the D-Day invasion. Anyone who is interested in military history will enjoy reading it.

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