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RECOMMENDED READING
"PRELUDE TO GLORY" by Group Captain Maurice Newnham OBE DFC
The definitive story of the creation and development No 1 Parachute Training School, Ringway during the period 1940-1945

"GO TO IT!" by Peter Harclerode
The Illustrated History of The 6th Airborne Division

"AIRBORNE WARFARE 1918-1945" by Barry Gregory & John Batchelor
Fascinating history of the rise of airborne forces up to the climax of the Second World War,

"PARA!" by Peter Harclerode
Fifty Years of The Parachute Regiment

"KALANYOT - LETTERS FROM PALESTINE" by Alan Mead
Alan Mead, served with the 3rd Battalion in Palestine during period 1945-48.

"Billy's War" by Vincent Atherton
An historic novel based on the stories Bill Atherton told his son Vincent of his time in the British Army from 1942 to 1946.



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