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How Royal Enfield Motorcycles helped win World War Two - The Flying Flea



The Royal Enfield WD/RE 125 known as the "Flying Flea" was a lightweight 125cc British motorcycle developed by Royal Enfield for the British War Office as a means of transport that could be dropped by parachute or carried in gliders, to to quickly transport soldiers into battle or carry messages and signals between airborne and assault troops where radio communications were not in place.



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