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[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

The only way I can see mules in a British Airbourne list is as Chindits. The only theatres in which the British used mules were Italy and Burma, far as I can recall.

[Aksu]

The only way I can see mules in a British Airbourne list is as Chindits. The only theatres in which the British used mules were Italy and Burma, far as I can recall.

No paras, but yes to mules: BEF in France and Narvik.
Cheers,
Aksu

[sediment]

Well blow me down, they did too.



Can't see any parachutes in the photo and they are Indian Army rather than British, so would have been significantly less motorised than their British equivalents.

Cheers, Andy

[ronan]

Hey, I'm still having nightmares about British Airborne mounted on mules! 

The same goes for them !

[sediment]

Those look like they are heading for the Chindits.

[Dr Dave]

I saw camels in Arnhem last year. In a field down by the Oosterbeek church. But no mules or horses.

[sediment]

Biggles or Algy at the controls?  If it was Wilks it was an SE5A.

[Dr Dave]

Oh ha ha, really. Biggles? 

[sediment]

An absolute must read for us lads in the 60's and early 70's.  I reread the WW1 books again recently when they were released by Red Fox and there is a surprising amount of gritty reality in there, on a par with the likes of Sapper at least.  The fear and gore are played down, as they did in those days, but the stories cover very realistic situations - they just didn't all happen to one guy.  I have a copy of Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter dating back to the late 50's, with an interview with W.E.Johns, who was an experienced fighter pilot and he said the Biggles books were based on the tamer escapades of his mates in the RFC.  I always remember his anecdote about a shot up RE8 that landed at his airfield with pilot and observer dead in the cockpit.  He assumed the pilot had landed, but succumbed to his wounds before anyone could get to him.

So watch out those Camels don't perform their characteristic lightning right turn because of the engine torque.

Cheers, Andy

[Dr Dave]

I went and spoke to the camels, but they were extremely rude to me

They had the hump

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Dr Dave - after that one - OUT OUT OUT....

[sediment]

Wa, waaaa!  I'm here all week, try the fish!

[Dr Dave]

Some people,have no taste. 

[sjb1001]

Nope, that is a yellow card offence, making an ass of oneself on a thread about mules is just wrong...........

[Dr Dave]

The same goes for them !

Does my ass look big in this...   C-47 Skytrain?

And again, I'm sooooo fast.