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Operation Deadstick D-Day

David wood was the 21-year-old commander of 24 Platoon, 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. In this clip from his 2002 interview, he describes his landing at Pegasus Bridge on D-Day in a glider, up to the point when he was injured by a German shooter. Operation Deadstick was the codename for the first part of Operation Tonga, the British airborne operation on 6th June 1944 as part of the D-Day landings. Deadstick’s objective was a coup de main to secure two key bridges in France. Six Horsa gliders carrying 139 men from the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry formed the spearhead of the British invasion and were the first formed body of men into France on D-Day. Under the command of the 5th Parachute Brigade, Major John Howard’s D Company and two platoons of B Company were charged with securing the Ranville and Bénouville bridges across the River Orne and Caen Canal. Bénouville Bridge was later renamed Pegasus Bridge in honour of the flying horse shoulder badge of the Airborne troops. David served in the Army for 36 years. #history #military #militaryhistory #war #ww2 #army #dday #pegasusbridge #airborne #veteran #interview #archive