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| By: Keith Flint (ISBN 1-874622-37-X) |
| Info: The 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment |
| Format: unknown |
| Contents: 224 pages, 30 photos, 7 maps and 4 drawings |
| Price: £19.75 |
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An excellent read, thoroughly recommended!
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Reviewed by Paul Middleton (paul.middleton600@ntlworld.com) December 16, 2004
At last an authorative account of one of the least well known units of the British Army. Most AFV encyclopedias quote the use of the Tetrarchs, Locusts and the Hamilcar gliders which transported them, but few even quote the unit which operated them. Keith Flint has expanded this information by diligent research to produce a really good book. By interviewing veterans of the unit and scouring archives in many establishments Keith has garnered every possible nugget of information available, which he has then crafted into a very readable history.
First he covers the development of the Tetrarch and Locust and their derivatives, then the development of the military glider with emphasis on the Hamilcar.
To cover the operations of the 6th AARR the book starts with the Special Service Squadrons RAC, covers the operation in Madagascar and then the switch to the airborne role for C Squadron. The detail given in the development and changing composition for the fledgling regiment is incredible and Keith is to be congratulated for sorting it all out.
The part played by the Tetrarchs in the D-Day landings is well covered with unit actions and also tells of the acquisition of other vehicles. In both this section and that on Op. Varsity, the crossing of the Rhine, information such as glider loads, tug Squadrons involved and airfields flown from are all included. Good coverage is also given of the units involvement in the Ardennes and the breakout across Germany, where Cromwells were used.
The photographs included illustrate the story well and include two photos of Locusts across the Rhine. To give the complete picture Keith compares the British developments with the efforts of other countries, in particular the Germans and their Gigant glider.
An excellent read, thoroughly recommended.
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