Denis O'Connor | ParaData

Private Denis O'Connor served with the South Staffordshire Regiment before volunteering for airborne forces 19 April 1944.

Private O'Connor completed Parachute Course 116 in May 1944 and was posted to the 8th Parachute Battalion, “C” Company, 7 Platoon and saw service in Normandy, the Rhine Crossing and later in Palestine.

Denis was 'released' from the Army 2 September 1947.

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Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division for the first time.

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Palestine

Arab intransigence over the surge of Jewish immigration that followed the Holocaust in Europe led to the forming of extreme dissident Zionist groups such as IZL (Irgun Zwai Leumi) and the Stern Gang, all seeking to promote their aims through violence.

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Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

Operation Varsity was the largest single airborne operation in history. On a single day, over 16,000 men were inserted by glider and parachute into western Germany. Around 8000 of those came from the British 6th Airborne Division, flying aboard 243 C47 aircraft and 440 gliders.

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Denis O'Connor with Arlette Gondree, taken at Pegasus bridge on a commemoration.

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Private Denis O'Connor

08 Nov 1924 - 11 Jul 2008

Operations

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Palestine

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

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Private Denis O'Connor

08 Nov 1924 - 11 Jul 2008

Operations

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Palestine

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

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