One of WWII's finest airmen, D-Day legend...
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:57 pmS/Sgt Jim Wallwork, pilot of the first Horsa glider to land on D-Day at the Benouville Canal bridge, later more famously known as Pegusus Bridge, has passed away in Canada aged 93.
In the middle of the night, he landed his glider with such accuracy next to the bridge (about 50m from the eastern end), that the feat being toted as "the greatest feat of airmanship in the second world war" by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory. The glider contained the men of D Coy, 2Bn, The Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, led by the legendary Major John Howard and 5 further gliders followed him in to secure the eastern flank of the D-Day landing beaches.
RIP
In the middle of the night, he landed his glider with such accuracy next to the bridge (about 50m from the eastern end), that the feat being toted as "the greatest feat of airmanship in the second world war" by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory. The glider contained the men of D Coy, 2Bn, The Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, led by the legendary Major John Howard and 5 further gliders followed him in to secure the eastern flank of the D-Day landing beaches.
RIP
