First ashore were glider pilots and they landed on their heads.
Pegasus Bridge After training at Tarrant Rushton airfield, Wallwork set off on the evening of 5 June 1944 for what was to be the beginning of the invasion of Normandy. He landed his Horsa glider (nicknamed Lady Irene by Wally Parr[who?]) in occupied France shortly after midnight. The force of the impact catapulted both Wallwork and his co-pilot John Ainsworth through the front of the cockpit. Although stunned,[2] this made them the first Allied troops to touch French soil on D-Day.
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