Defence ministers have insisted a parachute drop to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day will be sufficiently resourced, amid concerns over a plane shortage. Shadow defence secretary John Healey ...
Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said 181 parachuters will take part – the same number as those involved in the operation in the location on D-Day. Published May 20 A re-enactment parachute jump ...
Defence officials have been scrambling around to secure more aircrafts to take take part in the mass parachute drop for the 80th anniversary of D-Day following a shortage. The shortage of planes ...
Plans for a mass parachute drop over Normandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day have had to be scaled back – because cutbacks have left the MoD without enough planes. The Parachute ...