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English: Men of D Company Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry after capturing "Pegasus Bridge" (the Caen Canal Bridge at Benouville), France.
Original wartime caption: Some of the first British Glider troops to set foot on French soil on "D" Day at 12.20 a.m. They are left to right: Private Frank Gardner of Blackfen Road, Sidcup, Kent; Captain Brian Priday of Haslebourne Stanstead Road, Caterham, Surrey; L/Corporal B.H.Lambley of 69 Hornsey Park Road, London. These men landed from gliders at 12.20 a.m. on "D" Day. They also appear in B 5585 above.
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph B 5586 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.

Original text: Imperial War Museum Original uploader was Jim Sweeney at en.wikipedia (20 March 2011 (original upload date))
Author Loughlin (Sgt) No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit.
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