At the latter, Churchill led an attack on a German observation post and captured 42 German soldiers with only the help of a Corporal. When he finished his song, he launched a grenade toward the German fortifications and sprinted into battle.įar right: Mad Jack storms a beach with his Scottish broadswordĬhurchill’s bagpipe skills were on display again as the Allies invaded Sicily and also when they invaded the Italian peninsula near Salerno. As the landing craft hit the beaches and the ramp went down, Churchill was standing there blasting his bagpipes. In 1941, Churchill was second in command for a raid on a German garrison on the west coast of Norway. In doing so, Churchill became the last known person to kill an enemy in battle using a longbow. Near the Belgian border, Churchill and his men set up an ambush on a German patrol, where he instructed his men to begin the ambush once they saw his arrow fly.Īs a Nazi sergeant came into range, he fired an arrow from his traditional longbow and killed the German officer.
As part of an expeditionary force to France, he led his unit – the Manchester Regiment – into battle in May 1940. When Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939, Mad Jack Churchill gave up his roles as a male model and newspaper editor in Kenya to resume his service in the British Army. The only documented archer to inflict casualties in WW2. ‘Mad Jack’ Churchill with his War Bow 6′ tall, with an 80-lb pull. His unusual gear choices followed him into battle wherever he went, and even played a key role in the Battle of France. So now for my favorite part: he carried bagpipes, a Scottish broadsword, and a longbow with arrows into most battles. Why? He threw it into his own backyard because he didn’t want to carry it home from the train station.
SCOTTISH BAGPIPE PLAYER WWII FULL
His full name is John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, better known as Jack Churchill or “Mad Jack”. His life story sounds like a Dos Equis commercial. So this guy is one of my favorite people ever.
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