Chatterton, George James Stewart

George Chatterton was born in 1912. In youth vyštudoval Pangbourne Nautical College with the úmyslom paper sa námorným dôstojníkom mercantile navy ... but school opúšťa in 1930 and enters the RAF and ihneď slúži in 1. perute (Well.1 Squadron) in Tangmere.

Chatterton sa časom stave aerobatic pilotom and performs at various vystúpeniach home aj abroad. However, an accident in 1935 spôsobuje that nespĺňa for pre lietanie in the RAF.

In 1938, when it erupts, war enters the army and is pridelený to Královninmu Royal regiment (The Queen's Royal Regiment).

In the year 1939 is pridelený to 3. battalion Granátnickej guard (3rd Battalion The Grenadier Guards) with which the sa participates in Francúzskej campaign ako súčasť British expedičných forces and it is coupled with ostatnými forces napokon evacuated from Dunkirk.

Now are back to eating in England is entering as a volunteer into the armed forces and the Regiment pilotov klzákov.

A short while after his príchode commander colonel. John Rock RE tragically zahynie pri nočnej in an air accident. Chatterton him nahrádza vo command. I decided the sa that this regiment would mal vychovávať mužov schopních efektívne fighting on the ground as aj lietať and for this účelom gave previlť drill seržantov from gardovej brigade to the best secure education efektívneho staff.

However, the aj nevertheless odhodlaniu nastávali problem pre "lack of principles" lietadiel and klzákov on ktorých would sa could prevádzať training.

In a time when 1. battalion prichádza to severnej Africa this "lack of principles" began even zjavný when sa started pripravovať invázia on Sicíliu.

In may 1943 he is given to naštudovaniu plan operácie Operation Ladbroke. Sticking to the plan sa mala 1. parachute regiment vykonať shift through stredozemné more and even vysadená eachother, in zones vysadenia ktoré boli kamenisté and bounded skalnými stenami and steep srázmi, where could very lahko dôsjť to the accident klzáku pri pristávaní in rýchlosti.

But this wasn't največším problémom, the problem was that the planned klzáková airborne operácia mala albeit uskutočnená, but in that time sa v severnej Afrike nenachádzali klzáky and Chattertonovi mužovia nemali dostatočné skúsenosti so zložitými podmienkami also operácia predstavovavla ako aj lientania in the night.

Commander divízie Hopkinson on the problem¡em responded that it is possible to're meant to replace "lack of principles" klzákov klzákmi from Američanov, on ktorých but no one from the regiment never nelietal and doubt boli aj about the ability of American posádok doručiť klzáky on Sicíliu.

Unit gets zapožičané klzáky 500 Waco and 51. prepravné wing for (51st Troop Carrier Wing) from Američanov. Americkí pilots cvičia Britskích piloton on a new technike, and these have ju quickly osvojujú, however, are problems with prepravou technikz given nie are capable of niesť klzáky similar spôsobm as the british. In zúfalosti Chatterton žiada British klzáky Horsa, to boli preletené from Britain to Africa. After spočiatku skepticism on the Ministry of the army nakoniec sa uskutoční prelet klzákov and to Africa is presunutých 27 Horsa klzákov.

Klzáky sa približovali to Sicily vo very little výške to or detected by radarom, this was problematic, florence or you klzáky boli vypustené about 3.5 km from the pobrežia.

When da his klzák much bol vypustený in pobrežia Sicily wasn't even possible to vidieť pobrežie and started kĺzavo klesať. His klzák bol zasiahnutý to the wing with flak and spadol to mora iba 300 m from the pobrežia. When klzák spadol to mora ihneď sa started potápať but aj nevertheless sa Chattertonovi ako aj brigadierovi Hicks and the rest of velenia managed to sa from him, out to get and dosiahnuť pobrežia. Pri procedure dovnútrozemia stretli there hliadku SAS that the mala for the role of chasing them off oporné points in the field of vylodenia 8. army. Will bring the rest of the airborne forces sa has successfully planted in the area and destroyed many nepriatelské pozície and captured 150 Talianskich vojakov.

For Chattertonov podiel pri preparing for operácie and to perform is the award-winning DSO.

After ako sa becomes colonel and velitelom Regiment pilotov klzákov is presvedčený that bad preparing and situácia ako in Sicily sa already nemôže opakovať. In the year 1944 begins pripravovať along with the colonel. Browningom of 1. The british airborne corps inváziu to Normandy. Dad preliminaries sa vylatila, florence or you big večšina klzákov aj cez ich huge number of safe nakoniec pristala vo Francúszku.

But najväčšie challenges boli iba on the way. In 1944, under the operácie Maret Garden bola väčisna príslušníkov Regiment pilotov klzákov vysadená ako support pre 1. Výsadkovú divýziu in Arnheime, but Chatterton together with the command of časťou And squads of sa presunul to Nijmegen along with U.S. 82. drop divíziou. Chatterton ososbne piltoval klzák with gen. por. Browningom.

In Arnheimu bolo once, so the weakness of the airborne and pristávacie plochz boli extensively vzdialené from hlavného Arnhemského bridge, ktorý bol divisionálnym cielom. Chatterton was one of dôstojníkov who proposed to the sa at least 5 al. 6 klzákov dropped them off near the bridge.

However, the RAF so as not lietať in tesnej blízskosti city, florence or you sa feared flakov ktoré sa there nachádzali, respective in blízskosti airport Deelen.

In this operácii regiment utrpelťažské straty of 1,262 mužov ktorí sa involved in the stock 219 fell and 511 sa got to zajatia.

Subsequently Chatterton started from rekonštrukciou unit pomocou zapožičaních pilotov from the RAF. The regiment dosiahol again pôvodnú silo in marci 1945 during the attempted prekročenie of the Rhine. Dad operácia behold I stand next to you again ťažkým stratám bola tactical úspechom. Straty boli zapríčinené team that výsadok bol prevedený vo on in the field very well bránenej protilietadkovým delostrelectvom. Many klzákov was destroyed came about the air, florence or you slow letiace klzáky predstavovavli lahké ciele pre Nemeckú protilietadlovú defense.

Chatterton gets hodnosť brigadier on his 33 narodeniny and after opustení army begins finančnícku career in London.

However, aj vo výslužbe liaising with Plukom pilotov klzákov and podiela san and the creation of Asociácie Blue Wings, where zamestnáva in turistickom priemysle many former príslušníkov regiment.

1980's he certificate awarded OBE.

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