 The 1st Battalion also took part in a similar operation in 1944 and formed 81 and 82 Columns . As in the first expedition in 1943 the Chindits again suffered heavy casualties and fought behind the Japanese lines at Kohima and Imphal . After Orde Wingate was killed in a crash in March 1944 , it was decided to break up the remaining <unk> formations and some of them were to be converted into airborne infantry battalions . The 1st King 's was converted to become the 15th ( King 's ) Parachute Battalion of the Parachute Regiment and joined the 77th Indian Parachute Brigade attached to the 44th Indian Airborne Division where it remained for the rest of the war . 
