AIRBORNE FORCES Airborne forces were not strictly part of 21 Army Group but remained under the control of Supreme Headquarters. However they did play a large part in the campaign. They were used in Normandy both to secure key points on D Day and then for a further month in a ground role. They took part in the ill fated Arnhem action. They were used again in a ground role during the Ardennes offensive. Finally they were dropped in support of the Rhine Crossing and employed in the final drive into Germany. The AIRBORNE DIVISIONS 1st AIRBORNE DIVISION 1 Airborne Division was in the theatre 17 September to 27 September 1944 for the Battle for Arnhem. Headquarters Signals 1 Airlanding Reconnaissance Squadron RAC 21 Independent Parachute Company 1 Airlanding Light Regiment RA 1 Airlanding Anti Tank Battery 2 Airlanding Anti Tank Battery 1 Airlanding Light Anti Aircraft Battery RA Headquarters CRE 1 Parachute Squadron RE 4 Parachute Squadron RE 9 Field Squadron RE 261 Field Park Squadron RE 181 Airlanding Field Ambulance 16 Parachute Field Ambulance 133 Parachute Field Ambulance 1 Airlanding Brigade 1 Border Regiment 2 South Staffordshire Regiment 7 Kings Own Scottish Borderers 1 Parachute Brigade 1 Parachute Regiment 2 Parachute Regiment 3 Parachute Regiment 4 Parachute Brigade 10 Parachute Regiment 11 Parachute Regiment 15 Parachute Regiment 6th AIRBORNE DIVISION 6 Airborne Division was in the theatre - From D day 6 June until September 1944 - From late December 1944 to February 1945 in the Ardennes - From March 23 1945 until the end of the campaign in May 1945 Headquarters Signals 6 Airlborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment RAC 22 Independent Parachute Company 53 Light Regiment RA 3 Airlanding Anti Tank Battery 4 Airlanding Anti Tank Battery 2 Airlanding Anti Tank Regiment from February 1945 Headquarters CRE 3 Parachute Squadron RE 591 Parachute Squadron RE 249 Field Company RE 286 Field Park Company RE 195 Airlanding Field Ambulance 224 Parachute Field Ambulance 225 Parachute Field Ambulance 6 Airlanding Brigade 12 Devonshire Regiment 2 Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1 Royal Ulster Rifles 3 Parachute Brigade 8 Parachute Regiment 9 Parachute Regiment 1 Canadian Parachute Regiment 5 Parachute Brigade 7 Parachute Regiment 12 Parachute Regiment 13 Parachute Regiment