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Landing on the beaches

In the early hours of 6 June 1944 thousands of Allied troops had begun landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern France at the start of a major offensive against…

"It was actually terribly exciting, we knew this was it"

Ninety-one year old Eric Reedman was a 21-year-old Leading Aircraftman with Advanced HQ, 80 Wing at the start of D-Day.

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"June 1944 – what a month!"

John 'Jackie' Reid was a pilot with 605 Squadron at the time of D-Day.