I was wondering if anybody can help I believe that my father John Thomas Butterworth was on one off the gliders before the D-Day landings at Pegasus Bridge He Never Spoke of It much ,what glider was he on,what role did he play
Welcome Peg, here are the lists you seek had a quick look but cant see Butterworth, http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/airborne/35173-personnel-board-horsa-gliders-pegasus-bridge.html
Hi Peg and welcome. As you can see from wtid's link there appears to be slight confusion in some family recollections about who actually landed in the gliders, perhaps your Father was at Pegasus Bridge but didn't land in one of the gliders. Do you know his unit?
Hi It is possible he did land in gliders, but later in the day? Other units of the 2nd Ox & Bucks landed on the evening of the 6th June, and he may have been on one of these gliders? See 2nd Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry