{"id":73485,"date":"2022-09-02T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=73485"},"modified":"2022-09-01T09:27:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-01T13:27:57","slug":"the-paras-last-drop-gamil-airfield-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/09\/02\/the-paras-last-drop-gamil-airfield-1956\/","title":{"rendered":"The Paras Last Drop &#8211; Gamil Airfield 1956"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eZkGKeJyyGU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Mark Felton Productions<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 18 Apr 2020<\/p>\n<p>The last time the Parachute Regiment dropped into combat was during the 1956 Suez Crisis when 3 PARA landed on El Gamil Airfield outside Port Said, Egypt.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Visit my new audio book channel &#8216;War Stories with Mark Felton&#8217;: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/xszsAzbHcPE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/xszsAzbHcPE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Help support my channel:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHN0TmU0dXk1Z0I5VnM2QU14S1R5cXpUOU9QQXxBQ3Jtc0tudS1yUEhzbEdYN0MzTnBFc0JyTndmdDQ3MVZ2UzhjMm5TMUtxOGROSy1GMzJROVI1TDJyc3Z3QlNUVHk4Smt1bWFLcEJLcENoX2xhaVJsbVJLQmo0bW5XaElRSW5rVWlkbEdJU2ppblJrOWlISTdKRQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.paypal.me%2Fmarkfeltonproduction&#038;v=eZkGKeJyyGU\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.paypal.me\/markfeltonprodu&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmMwTWRBVWx5UlI1ZUVLVDZjZ0VnSzdaZ2tyQXxBQ3Jtc0ttX1RBVEJ3Qi00Sy16YVJPRDNBNk0yUDZPaXltSjNhQXhUazYyaHpaRjlGcWVqQUxYZFNqaDYyS1hOZWgzREJhcWFmLVNXN1h6M3AtSzZ6ZFlNeFNuRkh5Y29rQ19sNExhckx6UmgwdVU0bHVoalhQMA&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patreon.com%2Fmarkfeltonproductions&#038;v=eZkGKeJyyGU\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/markfeltonpro&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: All opinions and comments expressed in the &#8216;Comments&#8217; section do not reflect the opinions of Mark Felton Productions. 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