Ministers defend D-Day 80 parachute drop plans amid plane shortage fears - Defence Secretary Grant Shapps said 181 ...
The shortage of planes for a mass parachute drop to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day ... plans have been scaled back due to a shortage of aircraft. The Mail on Sunday reported that just one ...
Plans for a mass parachute drop over Normandy ... least one more plane for the Paras. A source close to the Minister said: 'We will make sure we have what we need to mark D-Day in the way it ...