ARNHEM IN SEPTEMBER - King and Country releases (Frost, Para with a kilt and nice medic set) 17 September 2014 is the 70th Anniversary of the beginning of “Operation MARKET GARDEN” so it’s highly appropriate that we have a special release of British Airborne Forces to commemorate the event... MG052(P) “Lt.Col.John Frost” The commanding officer of 2 Para and the man who led the valiant but ultimately doomed defense of one end of the famous bridge which now bears his name. Here John Frost is in action firing his Mk.V Sten Gun from the hip. MG054(P) “Sapper Tom Carpenter” 9th Airborne Field Company Royal Engineers. om flew by glider to Arnhem where his section joined Col. Frost’s men at the bridge on the evening of 17 September. After much fierce fighting he was seriously wounded on 20 September and captured on the 21st. Our figure shows him in action with his trusty Lee Enfield rifle. Tom sadly passed away earlier this year. MG055(P) “Corporal Bill Bloys” 2 Para Bill Bloys was Col.Frost’s batman and stayed with him throughout the battle at the bridge. Our figure portrays him using a Bren Gun in the closing stages of the battle at the bridge. MG056(P) “Medic & Wounded Para” When the 1st Airborne Division landed at Arnhem their number included nearly 600 medical personnel as they expected heavy casualties. Here a kneeling medic tends to a wounded airborne soldier. MG057(P) “Capt.James Ogilvie” 2i.c.”D” Company, Glider Pilot Regt. One of the most famous images of the Battle of Arnhem is of a Scottish officer in his kilt learning over a jeep about to retrieve something.The officer was Capt.James Ogilvie, originally a “Gordon Highlander” but now leading a company of the Glider Pilot Regiment into Arnhem itself. Unlike most other officers he is not wearing a “Denison Para” smock but in battledress and carrying a Sten Gun. Capt. Ogilvie died attempting to swim across the Rhine of the night of the British withdrawal 25/26 Sept.1944. Available: Early to Mid-September
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 11:05:57 +0000
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