D-Day 6th of June.
Although it was 80 years ago I can remember is as if it were yesterday, despite being almost 13 years old at the time.
I lived on the SE coast at the time and we awoke to the sound of aircraft engines and on looking out there were aircraft from horizon to horizon, formation upon formation, all heading out to the sea. It was clear that something very big was going on long before the announcement on the radio. What was amazing was that this stream of aeroplanes continued throughout the day until dusk, it seemed impossible that we could have so many aeroplanes.
Being so young I was unaware of the full impact of what was going on and that while I wondered at what I was seeing, only a few miles away men were being killed in their thousands, it takes time to come to a full understanding.
I lived on the SE coast at the time and we awoke to the sound of aircraft engines and on looking out there were aircraft from horizon to horizon, formation upon formation, all heading out to the sea. It was clear that something very big was going on long before the announcement on the radio. What was amazing was that this stream of aeroplanes continued throughout the day until dusk, it seemed impossible that we could have so many aeroplanes.
Being so young I was unaware of the full impact of what was going on and that while I wondered at what I was seeing, only a few miles away men were being killed in their thousands, it takes time to come to a full understanding.
