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Peter McIntyre, Parachutists landing on Galatas, 20 May 1941

Ref: AAAC 898 NCWA 16

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Peter McIntyre's first hand description of the parachutists landing on Crete says "all across the Cretan sky, in cluster upon cluster, like puffs opening into a cloud of monster thistledown, they came floating down upon us, the first airborne invasion in all history".

Oil, 748 x 643mm
Crete Campaign

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