Chronology of World War II

Friday, February 27th


'C' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Arriving Portsmouth


'C' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, Arriving Portsmouth
A Royal Navy MTB brings men of 'C' Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, into Portsmouth harbor on the morning after the Bruneval raid, February 28, 1942. The CO of the assault force, Major J D Frost, is on the bridge, second from left.