Piper Bill, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 13.00hrs, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. (B) UNT143 This was the largest fleet

This was the largest fleet of aircraft carriers ever constructed and proved the industrial might of the United States beyond doubt

Although being fired on from the ground they managed to make it all the way to the airfield at Dum Dum nr

This particular composition of men

This money was raised by taxes in England

Piper Bill, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 13.00hrs, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. (B) UNT143 This was the largest fleetDHM1394B. Piper Bill, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 13. 00hrs, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade, led by Lord Lovat, are piped past the defenders of the Caen canal (Pegasus) bridge by piper Bill Millin. The bridge was originally taken in a coup de main attack by the gliders of 6th Airborne Divisions D Company, 2nd battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, led by Major John Howard earlier that