1944 D Day Cover Signed by 3 men took part, R Todd, Jim Wallwork, E Gueritz. 6 Jun 44 D Day Dione Special Postmark ...

1944 D Day Cover Signed by 3 men took part, R Todd, Jim Wallwork, E Gueritz. 6 Jun 44 D Day Dione Special Postmark on 3c USA Stamp and 5 et 6 Juin 2004 Laurent Operation OMAH Postmark on French 50 debarouements and Liberation. Special postmark. Personally Signed by Richard Todd with 6th Airborne Pegasus Bridge 6th June 1944 And who portrayed Guy Gibson in the Film The Dam Busters. Staff Sergeant Jim Wallwork D - Day Glider Pilot Pegasus Bridge. Staff Sergeant Jim Wallwork set off on the evening of 5 June 1944, bound for LZ 'X' and what was to be the beginning of the invasion of Normandy. The Horsa glider that he flew (later known as Glider 1) was nicknamed 'Lady Irene' by Wally Parr, one of the gliders occupants from the 2nd Battalion The Ox and Bucks Light Infantry and landed in occupied France shortly after midnight. Their objective was the lifting bridge over the Caen canal at the small village of Benouville to the North of Caen. The force of the impact catapulted both Wallwork and his second pilot, John Ainsworth, through the front of the cockpit. Although stunned, this made them the first Allied troops to touch French soil on 'D'-Day. Although suffering from the landing with the wounds to his head he managed to carry much needed ammunition boxes up to the troops defending the Caen Canal Bridge at Benouville, which was later named 'Pegasus Bridge' in honour of the 6th Airborne Division. This remarkable achievement was described as the greatest feat of flying of the second world war by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory. Although most famous for his part in the Battle of Normandy, Jim Wallwork flew gliders in two other major British airborne operations of the Second World War, Arnhem and the Rhine Crossings, one of only a very few pilots from the Glider Pilot Regiment to take part in all four major mass glider assaults. Rear Admiral Gueritz CB OBE DSC was a principal beach-master on Sword beach on June 6 1944, landing at around 8am, as he put it part of the beach group whose job it was to make order out of chaos. He was responsible for helping landing craft beach, unload troops or tanks and then retract safely so that the next craft could come in. It wasn't new to Gueritz - he'd already been the principal beach-master in the Madagascar landings in 1942. Gueritz was on Sword Beach for 19 days until he was wounded. I had just put my helmet on but didn't duck quickly enough, he recalled. It wasn't until he removed his helmet at the field hospital much later that he noticed the big hole in it and the wound to his head. Without the helmet (and without the skill of a neurosurgeon back home in Britain), Gueritz knows he would not have survived. Details and Certificate Authenticity enclosed. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99