Special 80th Anniversary Event - NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED!
Type:
Historic Milsim Event
Dates
28, 29, 30 June 2024
Location:Swerford, Chipping Norton, Swerford, OX7 4AT
Packing List:
Players MUST ensure they have packed as per their respective packing list.
Packing as per these lists will ensure you well prepared for the weekend. As mentioned before, this is not a usual event. This is THE D-DAY Experience.
Items such as Flashlight, compass, watch & Poncho do not have to be period. However, If your poncho is not period you will use it only in the night.
Story:
The village of Hiesville, occupied by the German soldiers of Grenadier-Regiment 1058 (91. Infanterie Division), is in the immediate vicinity of the 101st Airborne Division Landing Zones during Operation Albany in the early hours of D-Day. Unlike the glider landing areas of the 6th Airborne Division northeast of Caen, the area is very compartmentalized in several orchards and fields bordered by high hedges peculiar to the Norman hedgerow and by lines of trees reaching Sometimes fifteen meters in height. However, the fields in this sector are on average twice as extensive.
The first battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) is parachuted under correct conditions: two-thirds of the battalion is dropped directly on the DZ or less than a kilometer away. The paratroopers quickly seized the commune.
Colonel Robert Sink, 506th PIR Corps Commander, will set up his command post in the town of Hiesville near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont. It is also in this village, in the manor of Colombières, that General Taylor will install his. The manor of Colombières will host the first divisional hospital of the 101st Airborne.
US Objectives:
- FIND – FIND Rommel’s Asparagus in and around Heisville and DESTROY in order to allow Gliders to land.
- FIX – FIND and FIX enemy dispositions in order to destroy German forces in the area.
German Objectives:
- SECURE – SECURE area around Heisville in order to stop Allied glider landings.
- DEFEND – DEFEND AA Battery in order to inflict maximum damage to allied aircraft.
Fri:
• 1700hrs - Gates Open
• 1700hrs - Booking in & Chrono
• 1800hrs - Social
• 0700hrs - Revalle
• 1700hrs - Endex Sunday
If you have a long drive, please allocate extra time in your journey to allow for extra traffic or road closures.
A Mile to Hiesville
A basic level of Fitness will be required.
US 101st Airborne impressions ONLY. (Compass, Rain Cape, Warm Period Jumper and Rations are essential).
German Impressions to be Luftwaffe Flak Artillery and Heer ONLY.(Zeltbahn, Warm Period Clothing and Rations are essential).
Sub Machine guns should limited to Squad Leaders, 2ic’s and Officers only. Let’s, as always, try to maximise the number of rifles in use!Ages 13-16 must be accompanied by a participating adult.
The first 10 people to book on and pay in full receive a gift pack!
- Full Weekend Event - £120. £45 deposit to secure place, full payment upon signing in at event.
- Combat Engineer (2 Slots US Only)
- Sniper Roles (4 slots per side)
- Medics Roles (2 Slots per side)
Rental Kits:
*Price may vary depending on weapon:
- Standard weapons - £30 for the weekend
Included in Cost:
- Site hire
- Camp Site
- Insurance
- Social on Friday evening
Refunds on event tickets are non refundable if you do not wish to attend, however, if Frontline Events Ltd must cancel an event refunds WILL be issued.
