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PEGASUS BRIDGE - MEMORIAL FLIGHT
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NEVER
FORGET THE DARK HISTORY DAYS  REMEMBER
YOUR FREEDOMFIGHTERSIIIIIIIII |
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TAKING
THE PEGASUS BRIDGE - JUNE 5 1944
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| After
the allies landed on the coasts of France, the days of the 'Third
Reich' were counted ! |
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all started at june 6, 1944. The allies were ready and determined to
kick the Germans out of the occupied countries |
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very, very important and vital bridge had to be taken by the Allies
in the night of june 5, preceeding on the invasion in France. |
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70 yeras later a memorial flight took place over the Pegasus Bridge,
with a Spitfire and a Typhoon in D-Day colors |
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so many veterans of that day and place are still alive, but some
travelled to the bridge that changed the situation in Europe |
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the time, many Typhoons joined the actions, but since there was no
flying example the Spitfire took the 'honneurs' . |
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black-white stripes were to make all allied planes recognizable, and
were paited on all planes the night before, sometimes even with
brooms |
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old veterans had a day of many thoughts to old friens that died
these days. They are the lucky ones to remember |
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Typhoon (Eurofighter) and the 'Spit' came from Waddington in the UK
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and both pilots also concidered the participation as a great honour
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example of the Typhoon from those days |
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Typhoon is our 'Guardian' now in many countries, a formidable plane
and very capable. |
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| These
men that landed on the beaches were to use pegasus Bridge later on.
First they had to fight their corridors, it took so many lives..... |
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Germans could not hold. A really perfect film has been made, called 'The
Longuest Day', Hans Christian Blech had a wonderful role |
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bridge was taken, and could be used by the allies. |
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this picture you even see the gliders that were used to approach
unheard and by surprise |
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fragment fron the fil 'The Longuest Day', where the Germans made
several tactical mistakes. |
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film should be shown at all schools, to know what happened in that
time, which is by the way only a very small part. |
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ends our small Pegasus story, hope you liked it anyway. |
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ALWAYS
ALERT, ALL FOR ALL, PROTECTIVE AND ALERT !! |
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grateful thanks to UK MOD for providing some images. |
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