D-Day RAF. The RAF’s Part in the Great Invasion.pdf

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This is an original example of the D-Day message from General Eisenhower,
supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe, which was issued on June
5 and 6, 1944, to every single soldier, sailor and airmen of the Allied
Expeditionary Force who would be participating in the D-Day landings and the
supporting operations.The letter was presented on SHAEF headed paper and
bore the plain signature of Dwight D Eisenhower with no rank indicated.
Courtesy Tony Cooper (D-Day Spitfire pilot with 64 Sqn) from whose logbook
this was copied.
The Great
Crusade
‘Over the beaches of Normandy on D-Day’. In the early evening of D-Day, June 6, 1944, Operation Mallard took place to tow gliders
carrying the remainder of the British 6th Airborne Division into Normandy.The glider-tugs and gliders were escorted on this daylight
operation by fighter aircraft.The nearest Spitfire Mk.IXb, code letters ‘AGM’, is the personal aircraft of Group Captain AG ‘Sailor’
Malan, the commanding officer of No 145 (Free French) Wing, who flew his Spitfire as a section leader with 340 (‘Ile de France’)
Squadron on D-Day, escorting the glider-towing ‘heavies’.The Spitfire Mk.Vs, in the centre of the picture, are from 345 (Free French)
Squadron. Short Stirling of 196 and 299 Squadrons can be seen below the fighter escort, plodding towards enemy territory towing
their Horsa gliders.The North American Mustang IIIs (top right) are from 315 (Polish) Squadron which was also on Mallard escort.
The Hawker Typhoons (lower right) are ‘Bomphoons’ of 197 Squadron on armed reconnaissance. Artwork: Gary Eason
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Welcome
IntroductIon – the greatest mIlItary
operatIon In hIstory
d-day aIr poWer
(and the raF
contrIbutIon).
the raF aIr order oF battle on d-day
d-day InvasIon strIpes
FIghters and FIghter-bombers
IntroductIon
supermarIne spItFIre IntroductIon
d-day survIvor 1 –
tony cooper: d-day spItFIre pIlot
d-day survIvor 2 –
spItFIre mK356 and gordon ocKenden
shot doWn by FlaK –
‘Johnny’ Johnston
Who got rommel?
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rodeo 194 – sammy sampson
haWKer typhoon IntroductIon
d-day typhoon pIlot (197 sqn) –
Ken trott
FlyIng the beast – three pIlots’
accounts
mustang III IntroductIon
mustang tWo up – polIsh pIlot
horbaczeWsKI oF 315 sqn
Jammers and spooFers – IntroductIon
IncludIng aIrcraFt types
operatIons taxable and glImmer –
spooF ‘WIndoW’ raIds on the eve oF
d-day by lancasters and stIrlIngs
operatIon tItanIc – specIal duty
stIrlIngs and halIFaxes droppIng sas
and ‘ruperts’ on the eve oF d-day
Contents
Sub Editor:
Dan Sharp
Designer:
Leanne Lawrence
Reprographics:
Jonathan Schofield
Production manager:
Craig Lamb
Marketing manager:
Charlotte Park
Publisher:
Dan Savage
Commercial director:
Nigel Hole
Front cover
painting:
‘Canadian
Wing’ by
Robert
Taylor,
courtesy
The Military
Gallery,
Wendover.
Author:
Clive Rowley MBE RAF (Retd)
Group production editor:
Tim Hartley
Published by:
Mortons Media Group Ltd,
Media Centre,
Morton Way, Horncastle,
Lincolnshire LN9 6JR
Tel: 01507 529529
Printed by:
William Gibbons and Sons,
Wolverhampton
Credits:
Special thanks to the following for
their help and generosity in
providing assistance, artwork or
images for this publication:
RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight
Jon Bleasdale
Tim Callaway
Tony Cooper
John Dibbs
Gary Eason
Martin Johnston
Len Krenzler
Wiek Luijken
Robert Taylor
Adam Tooby
Spencer Trickett
ISBN:
978-1-909128-38-5
All material copyright Mortons Media
Limited, 2014.All rights reserved.
© Mortons Media Group Ltd.All rights
reserved. No part of this publication may be
produced or transmitted in any form or by any
means, electronic or mechanical, including
photocopying, recording, or any information
storage retrieval system without prior
permission in writing from the publisher.
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TransporTs, glider Tugs and para-droppers – inTroducTion
armsTrong WhiTWorTh albemarle and FlT sgT bernie Johnson 296 sqn
The Tables Turned – 620 sqn sTirling shoT doWn by Flak on d-day
shorT sTirling
douglas c-47 dakoTa
raF dakoTa d-day experiences
The Flying nighTingales – individual sTories
heavy bombers – inTroducTion including aircraFT Types
losT and Found – 97 sqn (coningsby) lancasTer loss on d-day
sledgehammer To crack hard nuTs – 617 sqn Tallboy
raids June 8-9 and June 14, 1944
vicToria cross – mynarski vc
medium bombers and inTruders – inTroducTion including aircraFT Types
(miTchell, bosTon and mosquiTo)
smokers – d-day bosTons smoke laying,aircreW accounTs
on a Wing and a prayer – mosquiTo inTruder sTory
Tac recce and The air spoTTing pool – inTroducTion and musTang i/ia and
spiTFire pr mk.xi
268 sqn musTangs – direcTing The big guns
nighT FighTers – inTroducTion and mosquiTo nF xiii
nighThaWks – 409 sqn rcaF mosquiTo nighT FighTers
coasTal command – proTecTing The Flanks
(inTroducTion including aircraFT Types)
sighTed: TWo subs – sank same

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