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the parachute of one of his men failed to open. The man crashed through McRae’s rigging and as he did so McRae managed to keep a hold of him and they both descended safely on the one parachute.
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Battalion (TA). In 1967 it was re-designated 15 PARA (SV) and came under command of the
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the battalion suffered the highest loss of TA soldiers during a major
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special force and taken part in the second
Chindit expedition,
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of C Troop, 159 Parachute Light
Regiment, Royal Artillery.
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Military units and formations in Burma in World War II
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485:"15th (Scottish) Battalion Parachute Regiment"
32:15th (Scottish Volunteer) Parachute Battalion
755:6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
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188:15th (Scottish Volunteer) Parachute Battalion
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211:The 15th Parachute Battalion was formed in
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795:195th (Airlanding) Field Ambulance
790:181st (Airlanding) Field Ambulance
519:. 25 November 1974. p. 11747.
487:. The Scots at War. Archived from
296:The battalion was reformed by the
227:, of 1944. It was assigned to the
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805:225th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
800:224th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
785:133rd (Parachute) Field Ambulance
780:127th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
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775:16th (Parachute) Field Ambulance
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338:and drowned. Defence cuts in
237:44th Indian Airborne Division
122:77th Indian Parachute Brigade
206:British Army in World War II
217:King's Regiment (Liverpool)
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461:. Paradata. Archived from
397:. Paradata. Archived from
395:"15th (King's) Battalion"
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714:12th Devonshire Regiment
634:11th Special Air Service
334:, six men landed in the
274:Royal Indian Navy mutiny
18:15th Parachute Battalion
684:1st Royal Ulster Rifles
313:Queen's Gallantry Medal
872:6th Airlanding Brigade
847:1st Airlanding Brigade
559:airborne units of the
302:44th Parachute Brigade
126:44th Parachute Brigade
900:6th Airborne Division
895:1st Airborne Division
867:5th Parachute Brigade
862:4th Parachute Brigade
857:3rd Parachute Brigade
852:2nd Parachute Brigade
842:1st Parachute Brigade
823:Glider Pilot Regiment
231:, taking part in the
936:Deception formations
609:7th (Light Infantry)
229:77th Chindit Brigade
689:1st Border Regiment
420:Baker, Jon (2012).
286:75mm pack howitzers
918:1st Airborne Corps
516:The London Gazette
332:Dropped off course
276:of February 1946,
225:Operation Thursday
202:Parachute Regiment
45:Parachute Regiment
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644:13th (Lancashire)
604:6th (Royal Welch)
233:Battle of Mogaung
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664:151st/156th
511:"No. 46412"
381:Otway, p.88
272:During the
132:Nickname(s)
953:Categories
767:Ambulances
676:Battalions
674:Airlanding
571:Battalions
340:April 1993
336:Kiel Canal
330:exercise.
149:commanders
142:Commanders
136:Red Devils
928:Deception
887:Divisions
724:Artillery
569:Parachute
426:Incident"
424:Hindustan
309:June 1974
263:Singapore
249:Camps in
198:battalion
112:Battalion
833:Brigades
244:Japanese
221:Chindits
195:infantry
192:airborne
169:DZ Flash
163:Insignia
102:Airborne
92:Infantry
557:British
495:6 April
469:5 April
405:5 April
322:During
282:Karachi
259:Bangkok
255:Sumatra
200:of the
190:was an
147:Notable
52:Country
440:7 June
422:"HMIS
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213:India
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407:2011
328:NATO
261:and
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