In an airborne spectacular, 700 paratroopers from eight Nato nations - including the Netherlands, Germany, the UK and the US - parachuted from 12 aircraft. The jump was done in two waves ...

A WW2 veteran, whose parachute jump to mark the ... Some 1,500 people took part in a mass parachute drop to commemorate the allied assault. Recalling 1944, Mr Cortmann said: "When the fighting ...