logo
Welcome to 'Team Walton'
logo
Home eBooks HMSO Published HMSO Sold By Image Contributors HMSO Printed
Summary Departents Categories Organisations People Glossary Series
Organisation: 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
Name 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
Description An airborne mechanized armored unit of the British Army during WW2 equipped with light tanks, armored personnel carriers, armored scout cars, jeeps, motorcycle mounted infantry, and it's own artillery in the form of towed 4.2 inch heavy mortars. They saw action in the Normandy landings and the advance to the River Seine, the campaign to counter the German offensive in the Ardennes and later crossing the Rhine in Operation Varsity.
There is 1 Book that references this organisation
logo
Name By Air to Battle. The official account of the British Airborne Divisions
Category Action in the Air
Issued By Ministry Of Information
Issued For Air Ministry
Published Oct/1945