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3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment take up positions on El Gamil airfield, 5 November 1956

Photograph, Suez Crisis (1956).

In November 1956, British and French forces invaded Egypt in collusion with Israel. As part of the operation 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment seized the airfield at El Gamil. This was the last large-scale British operational parachute drop. After securing the airfield the paratroopers attacked Egyptian coastal defences in preparation for the Allied amphibious assault on nearby Port Said.

From a collection of photographs assembled for use in Col Robin McNish's 'Iron Division - The History of the 3rd Division', depicting the 3rd Division, 1918-1977.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2007-12-6-110

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, London

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2007-12-6-110