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Airframes said:
Maybe not publicised as much, but they fought very hard at Cassino, some actions in Normandy, and at Arnhem, and, of course, the Ardennes.
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Right...thier air ops pretty much came to an end after Crete, being used in infantry roles. However, even deployed as infantry, they made a hell of an accounting of themselves.

There were a couple units that even resisted Allied advances and held German occupied territory in France until the surrender.
 
Gun camera footage from my uncle (father's brother). He flew with 456 Squadron in Beaufighters and then Mosquitoes before being repatriated with TB.

First image is shots from another plane.... the rest from my uncle. In photo 5, the black dot near the top, left of centre... is a cannon shell fired by the U Boat. It went a few feet past his left shoulder... a close miss.

 
"...However, even deployed as infantry, they made a hell of an accounting of themselves."

The Canadians who fought them house-to-house at Ortona, Italy, can confirm that in spades ... as in grave digger spades.

MM
Proud Canadian
 
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