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This was Lt. Dennis Brotheridge of the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. He had landed with his platoon in a glider at the Orne Bridge just after midnight. Preceding his men, Brotheridge challenged a German sentry on the bridge and was then shot down by a machine gun behind the German soldier, whom Brotheridge shot as he himself fell mortally wounded. This occurred at 0016 on the 6 th. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
This bridge, later known as Pegasus Bridge was recently copied and is at the D-Day Airborne Museum, Caen looking exactly as it did on June 6th.
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