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GIJBELS PeterMareMagnum
Leading the Way to Arnhem. An Illustrated History of the 21st Independent Parachute Company 1942-1946. Based on the Fred Weatherley Files, Official Records and Personal Accounts of Members of the Company. FINE COPY SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS
Sm. folio, First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps in the text; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHORS ON TITLE. The first detailed and dedicated account of 21st IPC, the pathfinder unit of 1 British Airborne. Its role was to arrive at the drop zones in advance of the main body of troops to set up electronic and visual markers pin-pointing the dropping area for the oncoming aircraft. Being first on the ground the pathfinders were to use their initiative and make their own decisions: in short, to be independent. A valuable addition to the literature of MARKET GARDEN. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN SIGNED FORM
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