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Originally posted by lnijherald View PostThat would be 225 parachute field ambulance, 6th Airborne division. It is unrelated to the chalk number.
Luc
Why would the towing aircraft have the same number on it ? .....
You were right Luc !
EDIT: Just found this information
Chalk numbers were applied to both the glider and tug for D-Day operations. They were also applied to para-dropping aircraft - Stirlings, Dakotas, etc. The main reason appears to be to make sure that the soldiers got in the right aircraft. It appears that chalk numbers were unique on any one day - each airfield was allocated a batch of chalknumbers, and the squadrons then wrote their allocated batch on the aircraft they intended to use. Pongo's would then load the cargo onto the planes carrying the relavant chalk number, and any passengers would load up too. The same aircraft when used on the next mission would have a different chalk number - obviously not most gliders as they were usually one time use!
The chalk number/serial number tie ups are known for most of the aircraft on D-Day, and for the 6 gliders used on the Coup-de-Main assault on Pegasus Bridge. However, the tie-ups for the remaining gliders used on 6th-7th June are (mostly) not knownLast edited by Totenhead; 01-21-2015, 04:23 PM.
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I have just found this referance:
All the CNs for gliders in Operation Tonga, Normandy Landings
Its sods law but 225 is not listed !!!!
http://www.6juin1944.com/assaut/aero...php?page=tonga
Cheers
Martin
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Originally posted by zipper View Postif legible, the chalk number on the Hamilcar may assist. there are no " invasion recognition stripes " on this glider which would be most unusual for a D-Day op. depends how related the photographs are.
Only 34 Hamilcar's took part in Operation Mallard apparently, the 3rd Op on D-Day
Its interesting that in the picture of the Hamilcar, it appears that its Aileron's are down, which would indicate that its coming into land.
If this guy went in with Todd in the 2nd Op, then he would already be on the ground and be able to take the picture ??.....
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The Coup de Main gliders at the Orne and Caen Canal bridges were chalk numbers: 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 and 96.
I can't find CN225 anywhere for D-Day; 222, 223 and 261 being the nearest.
The photo of CN225 does not look like Normandy in June to me, the tree has no leaves and the whole area more resembles the LZs used for Varsity in '45?
Its possible this ladies father did land on D-Day and also Varsity and the wires of time have become crossed so that she believes these are photos of his aircraft on D-Day but they are all in fact of the Rhine crossing?
Matt
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Originally posted by Squeakyclean View PostThe Coup de Main gliders at the Orne and Caen Canal bridges were chalk numbers: 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 and 96.
I can't find CN225 anywhere for D-Day; 222, 223 and 261 being the nearest.
The photo of CN225 does not look like Normandy in June to me, the tree has no leaves and the whole area more resembles the LZs used for Varsity in '45?
Its possible this ladies father did land on D-Day and also Varsity and the wires of time have become crossed so that she believes these are photos of his aircraft on D-Day but they are all in fact of the Rhine crossing?
Matt
Thank you all for your replies, and yes the ladies memory and time line might well be off a bit, hopefully she will return with the other photos of her father and friends in the aircraft before take off, those would be ineresting
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Hello , interesting lot ,
Im sure ???? the photo of the glider up against the fence I have seen before ??? think it was a long since published book sticks in my mind the book was about the Rhine crossing - NOT Normandy but the photo may well be Normandy and used out of context .....
Ref : the bombed trains IF this was a proper forum with proper collectors like ` RAILWAY MODELER` some one out there could tell you what countries rolling stock is on view ? an what age an what colour an what month it left the factory and in wich country is this style of signal box ...........?
As daft as it seems that may be a place to start ?Last edited by grandads-kitbag; 02-04-2015, 04:06 PM.
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