PREPARATION FOR D-DAY - DAKS OVER DUXFORD

[Gil Boyd]

GeeRam,
Our 38/44 Pattern kit was crap compared to the U.S Paratrooper. We were a formation in part made up of Lions but led by Donkeys. Noone really cared except when changes were made to the helmet and the smock, everything else was issued to ALL units.
Why ankle supports were never a priority, especially when most injuries were indured by ankle breaks, who knows???

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[GeeRam]

GeeRam,
Our 38/44 Pattern kit was crap compared to the U.S Paratrooper. We were a formation in part made up of Lions but led by Donkeys. Noone really cared except when changes were made to the helmet and the smock, everything else was issued to ALL units.
Why ankle supports were never a priority, especially when most injuries were indured by ankle breaks, who knows???

I know, I've got everything they've were issued with in the loft - and you forgot the Trouser, Parachutist which was unique issued airborne kit.

The 1st and 6th AB vets I knew 20 years ago are all gone now, they were all still spritely late 70 somethings last time I had a beer with them in Normandy and Arnhem for the 55th Anniversary events back in 1999