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British paratrooper dies at 95, first to step foot in France during D-Day invasion

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Post by Guest Mon Jul 20, 2015 6:10 am

A British paratrooper who was the first Allied soldier to step on French soil as part of the D-Day invasions has died at the age of 95. Lieutenant Norman Poole was part of a six man team who were flown over Cherbourg in the early hours of the 6th June 1944. They were dropped inland behind enemy lines and all carried carrier pigeons with them in order to gather intelligence and send it back to Britain for military commanders.
Norman’s pigeon was the only one to return to army base in the UK and the message has been top secret ever since, and has now died with Norman.


https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/british-paratrooper-dies-at-95-first-to-step-foot-in-france-during-d-day-invasion.html

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