Graeme Cant wrote:
I thought 1 were the frogmen who landed in the night and cut barbed
wire. What time did the gliders land?
The Horsas at Pegasus Bridge landed at approx 00:05 on 6 June 1944.
As far as I am aware, there were no frogmen on the landing beaches the
night of 5/6 June 1944 - it was deemed too risky as it might unduly
alert the defenders if they were discovered. There was a mini submarine
there ready to guide the landing craft in - it had positioned ready for
the landing on 4/5 June which was postponed and so it sat on the bottom
and waited until it got the 'go' signal during the night for the morning
of 6 June. The parachute drops (82nd and 101st Airborne and British
Airborne parachute) started slightly after the Pegasus Bridge Horsas
landed. The eastern flank (including the Orne bridge team) was
resupplied and reinforced during 6 June by a major British Airborne
glider landing.
All the information I have read gives the Ox & Bucks (Airborne, glider)
units at Pegasus Bridge the nod for the first units into action on D
Day. They also suffered the first casualty when an officer was killed as
they stormed across the canal and river bridges from the landing site.
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Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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