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    Jim Wallwork was often described as the first allied serviceman to set foot on French soil on D-Day. It was a description that caused him some mirth since, after crash-landing his Horsa glider next to the Caen bridge 20 minutes into 6 June 1944, he was thrown head-first through the Perspex windscreen and hit French soil on his belly. Staff-Sergeant Wallwork, of the army's Glider Pilot Regiment, was flying the first of six Horsas carrying soldiers of D Company 2nd Battalion Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in Operation Deadstick to capture two key bridges.

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    Gliders into enemy territory in the dark.....BRAVEST of the Brave!
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    Rest in Peace Sir. No doubt you will be reunited up in Heaven with many of mates who started the liberation my country and her people on that glorious day.
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    "Nihil est Impossibilis"

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    I had the pleasure of attending a Sgt's Mess dinner with Northern Ireland branch of the Glider Pilots Association in the late 90's, a great night, with some great stories from some guys who could still hold their own when it came to the serious drinking part of the night!

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