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Airborne troops 82nd Airborne both US Airborne art prints inspired by the
Band of Brothers. by Military artist Chris Collingwood. Buy both together
at a fantastic saving. Chris Collingwood art prints published by Cranston
Fine Arts the Military art print company
101st Airborne by Chris Collingwood.
Item Code : CCP0069
101st Airborne by Chris Collingwood. - Editions Available
Major Dick Winters and the men of Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, as they take up a holding position in the Normandy town of Carentan on 14 June 1944, eight days after their dramatic parachute drop into Normandy on D-Day.
Item Code : DHM1819
Easy Company - Moving On by Chris Collingwood. - Editions Available
Fighting for a Foothold, 82nd Airborne at St Mere Eglise, 1944 by Chris Collingwood.
During the morning of June 7th the 82nd Airborne were attacked by a mixed German battle group. Supported by 4th Division armour the Paratroopers and Glider troops repelled the attack which lasted most of the day.
Item Code : DHM1085
Fighting for a Foothold, 82nd Airborne at St Mere Eglise, 1944 by Chris Collingwood. - Editions Available
Easy Company - The Taking of Carentan by Chris Collingwood.
You have a rendezvous with destiny! – promised Major Gen William Lee to his men as the 101st Airborne Division was activated at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, 15 August 1942. And the first place they kept that rendezvous was Normandy. At precisely 23.00 hours on the night of 5th June 1944, aircraft containing the men of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, thundered down the runway at Upottery Airfield. Lifting off into the night, the hazardous mission given to the paratroopers of the 101st was to speaerhead the Allied invasion of Hitler occupied Europe - a rendezvous with destiny if ever there was one. Crossing the French coast two hours later, the vast air armada was met by heavy German AA fire and hampered by heavy banks of cloud, scattering the Division over a wide area. Few units landed in their designated drop zones and by dawn on the morning of 6th June, Easy Company comprised just nine rifle men, two officers, a couple of machine guns, and a mortar. .........
