The General’s Gamble: "Boy" Browning and the Road to Arnhem While his wife, Daphne du Maurier, was busy crafting some of the greatest psychological thrillers in English literature, Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick "Boy" Browning was living a drama far more dangerous. Known as the "Father of the British Airborne Forces," Browning’s legacy is defined by a single, daring, and ultimately tragic operation in the fields of Holland. The Man Behind the Maroon Beret Frederick Browning