94-year-old Australian WWII pilot Bill Purdy recounts flying over the English Channel on D-Day, seeing thousands of ships and 150,000 Allied forces invade Normandy.
94-year-old Australian WWII pilot Bill Purdy shares memories of flying over the English Channel during D-Day, the June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy. He recalls seeing thousands of ships and 150,000 Allied personnel from Britain, USA, Canada, and their allies landing across the French coast. Thousands of troops were killed on D-Day itself, with tens of thousands more lost during subsequent missions.
April 15, 2024
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