Swiftly and surely on D-Day: 430 Squadron and the Normandy invasion
Seventy-five years ago, on June 6, 1944, the Allies landed in Normandy, an event that is also known as “D-Day.” The massive military operation allowed the Allies to establish a foothold in Western Europe, which would lead to the fall of Nazi Germany less than a year later. On the morning of D-Day, at 5 a.m., 430 Squadron flew the first of its 30 air reconnaissance sorties of the day. Read the rest of the article . . .
