6th June 1944
At 00:15 hrs Double British Summer Time on the 6th June 1944 ( ie 23:15 BST, 5th June ) a glider, piloted by SSgt Jim Wallwark ( Glider Pilots Regiment ) landed 28 men from 2nd Ox and Bucks, 47 meters from Benouville, later Pegasus Bridge.
D Day had begun.