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Men of D Company Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry after capturing " Pegasus Bridge " (the Caen Canal Bridge at Benouville ), France. Original wartime caption : Some of the first British Glider troops to set foot on French soil on "D" Day at 12.20 a.m. They are left to right: Private Frank Gardner of Blackfen Road, Sidcup, Kent; Captain Brian Priday of Haslebourne Stanstead Road, Caterham, Surrey; L/Corporal B.H.Lambley of 69 Hornsey Park Road, London. These men landed from gliders at 12.20 a.m. on "D" Day. They also appear in B 5585 above.

Uploaded 13 June 2026

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Approved
Context
Field / Unknown location
Date taken
12:20 a.m., 6 June 1944(AI estimate)
Operation
Operation Overlordยท Western FrontAI
License
Public domain / no rights reserved
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