1941: Two RAF Whitley bombers dropped paratroopers near the aqueduct at Tragino in Italy, in the first-ever British parachute operation, code-named Colossus. The aim was to blow up the aqueduct, largely for propaganda purposes. 38 men, of what was then named the 11th Special Air Service Battalion - the Parachute Regiment had yet to be formed - were dropped at night. One man drowned when he landed in a lake. The others succeeded in blowing up the aqueduct, but then were captured whilst they tried to make their way to the coast to be picked up by a Royal Navy submarine.

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For the first time I have seen "History" at close quarters,and I know that its actual process is very different from what is presented to Posterity. - WWI General Max Hoffman.

I'm the "Confederate with a pipe"!! LOL