Newspaper drop at Pegasus Bridge

Nijmegen · Dec 29, 2014

Brithm,

Well done!

Great topic!

brithm · Jan 7, 2015

Comic strip the Ox and Bucks would have seen on D-Day.

Also the comic strip was adapted for BBC 2 starring Glynis Barber as Jane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1kqO4nH8hA

Drew5233 · Jan 7, 2015

brithm said:

Thanks for the replies, I believe it did happen on D-Day as Major John Howard said it was dropped very close to the bridges and the 52 (Airborne) Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire LI Bn moved out after 22.00 hrs from the bridges east; here are two references to the incident on the 6th June 1944 from Major John Howard and Pte. Dennis Edwards.

"...at around 06.00 hrs, the unmistakeable sound of Spitfires took everyone's attention skywards and we observed three spitfires circling high above us, unsure whether to come down lower. We could see the three white stripes on each wing that had appeared overnight on Allied aircraft for easy identification during the invasion and immediately I deployed some men to put out 'recognition signals' - parachutes and scarves in a pre-agreed pattern. Spotting these, and realising that the bridges were indeed in the hands of the Airborne, the three 'Spits' flew over the bridges and to the mens' delight did the now famous 'Victory roll' above us to the cheers of delight from the party at the bridges. As they left, a package was dropped, landing in the fields beyond and I sent out a party to retrieve it. They discovered it was the morning papers from England! The men scanned them for new of their success at the bridges but there was no news yet of what we had achieved." p.133 The Pegasus Diaries Howard, John
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"Soon after daybreak a Spitfire came straight at us at tree-top height and we ducked and held our breath, expecting that the pilot was unaware that the bridge was in Allied hands. To everyone’s surprise, however, the aircraft appeared to be in no hurry and the pilot threw a package from his opened cockpit. It land with the remarkable accuracy close to the bridge. When it had been recovered it was found to contain the first editions of the daily newspapers!" p.48 Devil's Own Luck: Pegasus Bridge to the Baltic by Edwards, Dennis
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Must have been before the Sappers arrived

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