Wallwork then carted ammunition boxes to the troops until his injuries incapacitated him. He flew gliders to outlandings in Sicily, Normandy, Arnhem & the Rhine crossing.
Sent from my iPad > On 6 Jun 2014, at 8:18 pm, "John O'Neill" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What did they do then? > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Peter Champness > Date: 6/06/2014 7:09:16 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] D Day 70th Anniversary Rememberance today > > Good one. > > Peter Champness > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Christopher McDonnell > <[email protected]> wrote: > First ashore were glider pilots and they landed on their heads. > <wlEmoticon-smile[1]1.png> > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2014.0.4592 / Virus Database: 3955/7630 - Release Date: 06/06/14 > > > <butterfly_top.gif> > FREE Animations for your email > Click Here! > <butterfly_bottom.gif> > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > [email protected] > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
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