ryan_box023-tld_f50_03r

- for Cornelius Ryan 2 -
Your name BREBNER.
Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happened to you that day?
NO
Were any of your friends killed or wounded either during the landing or during the day? Yes,
Do you remember any conversations you had with them before they became
casualties? None. - I was out of action 20 minutes
after dropping.
Were you wounded? No, Injured & dislocated pelvis + fractured
wrist on landing - dropped appx 50 - 60' tree
Do you remember what it was like--that is, do you remember whether you
felt any pain or were so surprised that you felt nothing?
Stunned at first - no severe pain
Do you remember seeing or hearing anything that seems funny now, even
though it may not have seemed funny at the time?
Yes - (1) Bombed by own planes.
(2) Rumour - Brigadier of Brigade hit by
piece of metal in rear - his batman carried
[crossed out] [illegible] [end crossed out] pillow as well as gun for protection
(3) One lad on going to jump missed the door &
[? went ?] back [? with ?] the tail of plane - never got free
& so returned to England
(4) One lad stowed away - went AWL to France
[? in ?] [crossed out]the[end crossed out] one invasion plane load and did an
excellent job. -
Do you recall any incident, sad or heroic or simply memorable, which struck you more than anything else?
I was captured along with a medical section setting
up an LAP. - I had helped train the lads and
they refused to leave me and carried me on a
lattice work for at least 2 miles. - until they
obtained a stretcher.