Remembrance Operation Overlord

[Bombardier]

On the the Anniversary of Operation Overlord, I felt that it was appropriate to create a thread covering the operation.

Artwork by Kapow

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Here are some photos to get us started

johnnie johnson spitfire 1944

• sas
• Nov 26, 2014
• d day military art supermarine spitfire year 1944

D Day + one

• vegaskip
• May 29, 2014
• 3
• d day day

Watercolour sketches inspired by a selection of contempory photos

D Day Message - Eisenhower

• Bombardier
• Dec 10, 2013
• d day eisenhower military document world war two

D Day 1944

• sas
• Mar 20, 2013
• battle of normandy ww2 d day world war two year 1944

Airborne troops prepare for the descent on Europe of D-Day invasion

Omaha Beach Landing Craft

• sas
• Jan 31, 2012
• d day landing craft omaha beach world war two

Landing Craft Approaches Omaha Beach World War Two, D Day landings

D Day Hero Frank Rosier

• Bombardier
• Sep 2, 2007
• 3
• battle of normandy ww2 d day gloucestershire regiment gold beach

I met Frank at the D Day museum in Southsea, Portsmouth and enjoyed listening to some of his...

Airborne pre D-Day

• PanzerBob
• Jul 24, 2007
• airborne - airbourne d day world war two

Dig to do's and war paint

Mulberry Harbour - Normandy

• Bombardier
• Jan 21, 2007
• battle of normandy ww2 d day mulberry harbour operation overlord

Part of a Mulberry Harbour at Normandy
Date and exact location unknown

In 1942, when the...

Airfield in Normandy after D-Day

• mineman65
• Jan 21, 2007
• aerial photograph battle of normandy ww2 d day

Please feel free to add photos, PDF, video and articles so that we can honour these brave men and women of all sides.

Respect to them all

 

[Bombardier]

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My Regiments Memorial at Sword Beach

 

[tomthounaojam]

June 5, 1944

General Dwight D. Eisenhower meeting with men from Co. E, 2nd Battalion, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Strike) 101st Airborne Division, just before they load up for the drop on Normandy.
The majority of the men in this photo were killed or wounded in battle a few hours later.

They were designated in drop zone 'A' scheduled for jumping off at 00.48 hours 6/6/44. Although the 2nd Battalion 502nd PIR was dropped as a compact unit, it jumped on the wrong drop zone, while its commander, Lt Col. Steve A. Chappuis, came down virtually alone on the correct drop zone. Chappuis and this stick captured the coastal battery soon after assembling, and found that it had already been dismantled after an air raid.

The 502nd jumped into Normandy with 792 men. After six days of desperate fighting, only 129 were still standing and able to make the road march back to St.-Côme-du-Mont.
1st Lt. Wallace C. Strobel, centre, seen here talking to Eisenhower, wears a placard around his neck indicating he is the jumpmaster for chalk 23 of the 438 TCG (troop carrier group).

"The picture was taken at Greenham Common Airfield in England about 8:30 p.m. on June 5th 1944, my 22nd birthday. It was shortly before we were to leave the tented assembly area to which, for security reasons, we had been confined for about 5 days. We had darkened our faces and hands with burned cork, cocoa and cooking oil to be able to blend into the darkness and prevent reflection from the moon. We were all very well prepared emotionally for the operation ..........
...... within minutes of his visit we gathered our equipment and walked to our planes. I especially remember that as our plane took off at dusk and as I stood in the open doorway of the plane I could see a group of men watching and waving at the planes and I understood later that it was General Eisenhower and his staff. (Wallace C. Strobe 1922-1999).


(Colorised by Tom Thounaojam)

 

[Gaz]

An interesting quick read about "Invasion Stripes" -

75 Years Ago Today: Invasion Stripes Became the Markings That Saved Allied Lives.

Markings Continue in Homage of The Greatest Generation in the Greatest Invasion. As special commemorative events in Normandy, France and around the world

theaviationist.com

 

[Bombardier]

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