FAAA's NEXT EVENT

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The First Allied Airborne Associations next major event will be the very succesful Ramsey event held at the WWII former British RAF Airfield and post war USAF Base,

RAF UPWOOD.

 

For the first time the group will be portraying elements of the 17th Armoured Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armoured Division at the time of the Normandy Break out and Operation Cobra.

 

17th ARMOURED ENGINEER BATTALION

2nd ARMOURED DIVISION

JULY/AUGUST 1944

 

BATTALION HEADQUARTERS

 

COMMAND SECTION

 

1st Lt S CARPENTER----JEEP

Pvt J TITMUSS--------HALF TRACK

PFC M WRING

Pvt M WORNER

Pvt J WARE

 

BATTALION AID POST-Attached from 48th Armoured Medical Battalion

Capt R BOWRING

Sgt M NOTT

T5 G WARE

 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY

 

HQ SECT

AM&S SECT

MAINT SECT

RECCE SECT

MAINT PLATOON

BN SUPPLY & TPTN PLATOON

 

HEADQUARTERS SECTION

 

S/Sgt L BOWDEN--------JEEP

Sgt T SMART

 

ADMIN MESS AND SUPPLY

T4 B MACDONALD

PFC S SOMERVILLE---------DODGE/TRAILER

Pvt P DAVIES

 

RECCE SECTION

PFC G DAINTER------JEEP

Cpl G WRING

 

Cpl K BUNTING-------JEEP

Pvt J EVANS

 

PFC R PRESTIGE------JEEP

Cpl S HARRISON

 

 

AMERICAN RED CROSS

Miss A WARE

Miss S WILLIAMS

Miss I MACDONALD