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Lancaster air gunner, 57 Squadron, which bombed heavy gun positions at La Pemelle.

‘It was at 01:40 hours in JB318/‘O’ with a bomb load of 11 1,000-lb AN-M and four 500-lb GP bombs that we took off with the other 15 crews for the attack. As we were crossing the English Channel it was apparent that there was either a huge flock of birds, thousands of aircraft or a vast fleet on the sea immediately below our Lancaster – my “fishpond” was swamped with blips. Banking the aircraft to port and starboard, we could see a huge fleet of vessels heading towards the French coast. The expected “D-Day” had arrived and I was there to the fore.’