[FONT="]LanSeaAir question #9 Which was the coded message sent by the British 6th Airborne on D-Day June 6, 1944? [/FONT]The code signal decided was Ham and Jam; Ham meant the Orne bridge had been captured, Jam meant the canal bridge had been captured. (Jack and Lard meant that the respective bridges had been captured but destroyed.) At 00:26, not even half an hour after the first glider had crossed the French coast, the signal was sent out that D Company had achieved their aim. There were two casualties in the initial attack, one private died in the landing of one of the gliders and Lieutenant Den Brotheridge, who lead the charge across the Canal Bridge was shot by a German machine gunner. [FONT="] [/FONT]
