Worth remembering?
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Worth remembering?
At the risk of plagiarism, from The Army Rumour Service;
At 00:15 hrs Double British Summer Time on the 6th June 1944 ( ie 23:15 BST, 5th June ) a Horsa 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.
D Day had begun.
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Certainly is worth remembering. 'Pegasus Bridge' (I think) makes for some very good first-hand account reading of this 
scarey mission. Inspiring feats carried out by men a lot younger than most of us. God bless them all.
scarey mission. Inspiring feats carried out by men a lot younger than most of us. God bless them all.
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First Colonel Commandant of the Glider Pilot Regiment was F.M. The Rt Hon Alan Francis (Brooke), 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO. Could this be why all but the airfield at RAF Topcliffe is now Alanbrooke Barracks?
Lest we forget.
Lest we forget.
