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1947
1947 - 1685.PDF
OCTOBER 2ND, 1947 FLIGHT 375 f . Paratroops of a battalion group drop from 10 Dakota* of No. 46 Group, Transport Command. (Left) Lord Tedder and Lord Montgomery watch a jeep and trailer disembark from a Horsa glider. EXERCISE LONCSTOP Flying Paratroops into Battle : Demonstrating a Mobile Staging THE combined air and army exercises held onSeptember 23rd wera, the biggest to be held sincethe war and served to show that, despite extensive cuts in the services, we can still operate the aircraft and personnel necessary to stage an airborne operation on a considerable scale. . The exercise was in two distinct phases. Longstop I . at Netheravon, where the tactics employed in flying a Parachute Brigade Group into battle were demonstrated, and .Longstop II at Brize Norton, where the operation 'of an R.A.F. Mobile Staging Post and an Army Forward Air Supply Organization was shown. Aircrews of Transport Command parade at Netheravon at the conclusion of Longstop I. Illustrated by " Flight " photographs Mr. Phiiip~3Ioe1 BaltcT, tBe'.'TO Minister^ 'was"-present, together with the Chiefs of Staff. For the first phase the Transport Command force was commanded by A.V-M. A. L. Fiddament, C.B.E., D.F»C, and was composed of 12 Dakotas from No. 4 Group, io Halifaxes, 6 Dakota^ and 9 Hamilcar gliders from No. 38 Group and 50 Dakotas and 12 Horsa gliders from No. 46 Group. The 2nd Para- chute Brigade Group was under the command of Brigadier R. H. Bellamy, D.S.O.. The operation involved the flying into the battle area of approximately 2,400 men,: together with 170 tons of
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