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Frank Ashleigh provides a detailed account of his service as a Horsa glider pilot with A Squadron. Following extensive training and some great stories, Frank talks about the 18th September and his role in Operation Market Garden. It's a thrilling account and the start of an amazing chapter of his life. Eventually, he is taken POW and although he admits to being Jewish, says he was treated impeccably. That's despite the long march!
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Frank Ashleigh
Frank Ashleigh was born in Stepney, London on the 23rd of December, 1924.
After the war he admits to being very anti-german and now puts this down to PTSD. He was a popular and active member of the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen.
This interview was one of several filmed in partnership with the Airborne Assault museum.
