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D-DAY SOUVENIR TUESDAY MAY 24 1994 9 AIRBORNE ASSAULT Capturing the bridge was vital to the D-Day plan Above right:

... midnight on D-Day with other members of the 7th Battalion Parachute Regiment ‘converted’ from a battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry Panzer The drop zone was on the right bank of the Orne and just to the east of Pegasus bridge captured minutes earlier ...

Published: Tuesday 24 May 1994
Newspaper: Western Daily Press
County: Bristol, England
Type: Article | Words: 1021 | Page: 41 | Tags: none