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 1969 
 2 Company 10  Para .1969. 
 Para course 1970 
 1 Para 1972. 
 House clearing. NI 1972 
 1 Para UN tour 1974 
 47 Air Despatch Sqn
 1984.Posted to 63 Para Squadron RCT 
 63 Para sqn RCT, Para refresher course at Brize 1986. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sgt Roy Mobsby (5 Abn. Bd. retired)
 

   Sgt Mobsby exits over South Cerney airfield              Practise jump

Until recently serving as a Sergeant in the armed forces of the United Kingdom, Roy Mobsby welcomes those interested in the adventure of military parachuting to join Pathfinder. For those qualified jumpers, Roy invites them to join him on military-style jump tours as part of the internationally known Pathfinder Parachute Group (UK) of which he serves as the Operations Coordinator.


Roy is well qualified for this role having served in the famed British Parachute Regiment, being awarded Air Despatch Wings whilst serving with 47 Air Despatch sqn RCT, which require completing some forty different types of cargo drops. He completed the All Arms Commando course and was awarded his Green Beret and Commando dagger.
He has also seen action in  Northern Ireland, Cyprus, Bosnia, and Iraq and as part of an Air Despatch team attached to "D" Squadron, 22 SAS (Britain's Special Air Service) in the Oman
As a military parachutist he has made jumps with military forces in a wide variety of  environments, from the Arctic Circle to America. He has qualified as a military jumper with the armed forces of Denmark, Holland, Estonian SOG, Germany, Former Czech Republic and the United States.

While serving in his current role as Operations Coordinator the Pathfinder Group has participated in such jumps as the Arnhem commemorative drop for the 50th, 55th,and 60th anniversaries. More recently the Pathfinder Group participated in the Year 2004 D-Day Anniversary jump into Normandy from the same type of aircraft used on the World War 2.This was then followed by multiple Dakota jumps onto Ginkle Heath for the 60th Anniversary commemorative display and the icing on the cake was the opportunity for him to jump as No1 onto the DZ that should have been used in 1944 alongside the John Frost bridge. 28 jumpers successfully completed this jump without injury and may have proved that with hindsight the battle may have ended very differently.
 
Sgt Roy Mobsby's bio has been authenticated by
Colonel Herbert P. Holeman
United States Army
 

1 . 1995. Jumped into Den Burg DZ. Texel, Holland for the Anniversary of VE day.  Aircraft used was the Dakota/IL2

 

2 . 1999. Jumped into Ginkle Heath DZ. Arnhem, Holland,  for the Anniversary of the Battle for Arnhem. Aircraft used was the AN2 "Colt".

 

3 . 2000. Jumped into the Merville Gun Battery DZ. Normandy, France, for the Anniversary of the D-Day Landings. Aircraft used was the DC3 Dakota.

 

4 . 2001. Jumped into the Merville Gun Battery DZ. Normandy, France for the Anniversary of the D-Day Landings. Aircraft used was the DC3 Dakota.

 

5 . 2002. Jumped into Dreil DZ. Arnhem, Holland,  for the Anniversary of the Battle for Arnhem . Aircraft used was the AN2"Colt"

 

6 . 2003. Safety Officer at Ginkle Heath DZ. Arnhem, Holland,  for the Anniversary of the Battle for Arnhem.  Aircraft used was the DC3 Dakota.

 

7 . 2004. Safety Officer at Pegasus Bridge DZ N. Normandy, France, for the Anniversary of the D-Day Landings.

 

8. 2004. Jumped into John Frost Bridge DZ. Arnhem, Holland, for the Anniversary of the Battle for Arnhem. Aircraft used was the DC3 Dakota.

 

9. 2004.Safety Officer at Ginkle Heath DZ. Arnhem, Holland, for the Anniversary of the Battle for Arnhem.

 

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Roy Mobsby   Military History

1969. Pte Mobsby far right.

 

Pte Mobsby. 2 Company 10 Para .1969.

 

 

My basic para course 1970

 

Pte Mobsby 1 Para 1972.

 

Pte Dukes and Pte Mobsby (Right) 1 Para take a break whilst house clearing. NI 1972.

 

1 Para UN tour 1974. Pte Mobsby 2 from left

 

 

47 Air Despatch Sqn RCT.B1 Crew Commanders course.

 

 

1984.Posted to 63 Para Squadron RCT. Sgt Mobsby back row ,far right

 

 

 

While serving with 63 Para sqn RCT, Para refresher course at Brize 1986.

 

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