Bob Hilton Trailers

Assault on Normandy: 6th Airborne TrailerOperation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle for the Oosterbeek Perimeter TrailerOperation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods Trailer

Bob Hilton joined the Parachute Regiment in July 1981. On completion of his training he joined the 2nd Battalion and was sent straight to the Falklands Island.He fought with 2 PARA at Goose Green. From 2000 to 2003 he served as a Senior Non Commissioned Officer on operations in Sierra Leone, Macedonia and Afghanistan. Bob has had a life long interest in military history, especially of Britain’s Airborne Forces.Upon retirement in 2003 he took up being a full time battlefield tour guide. Bob is now a historian at the Air Assault Museum.

Most Popular Bob Hilton Trailers

Total trailers found: 4

Assault on Normandy: 6th Airborne Trailer (2013)

02 September 2013

The Overlord plan called for the use of airborne troops to secure the flanks of the D Day landing and to form a buffer to keep the German counter-attacks away, thus allowing 3rd Division to advance from Sword Beach to seize Caen.

Bruneval Raid: Operation Biting Trailer (2012)

30 June 2012

In 1941 Dr RV Jones realised that the Germans had developed their own radar system that would account for increasing RAF bomber casualties.

Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle for the Oosterbeek Perimeter Trailer (2012)

14 December 2012

With 2 Para isolated at the Arnhem Bridge and both 1 and 4 Para Brigades thwarted in their attempts to fight their way into Arnhem and falling back, what became the Oosterbeek Perimeter started to form around Divisional HQ at the Hartenstein Hotel.

Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods Trailer (2012)

02 August 2012

Jumping in to Drop Zones eight to ten miles from Arnhem on the second day of Operation Market Garden was always going to be difficult for Brigadier “Shan” Hackett's 4th British Parachute Brigade.