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| [PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - BOB STOODLEY] | |||
| Date: 2019 Film Number: 9282 | |||
| Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Bob Stoodley, aged 95 from High Peak near Stockport, recounts his role as part of the 22nd Independent Pathfinders on June 6th, 1944. They parachuted into Normandy a full hour ahead of the main airborne assault and six hours before the amphibious troops landed on the beaches. Their mission was to seize the drop zones and set up radio beacons and signal lanterns to bring Allied aircraft onto the target areas. Stoodley was one of the first 10 men to land in occupied France on D-Day. His mission was hugely successful and his special echo beacon brought in a third of the parachute landings, around 2,000 men. He was captured after being injured and remained a POW until VE Day, May 8th, 1945. | |||
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| [PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - GEORGE SIMMS] | |||
| Date: 2019 Film Number: 9284 | |||
| Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. George Simms, aged 95 from Ardwick, Manchester, was a Royal Marine with 41 Commando and landed on Sword Beach in a landing craft on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. He was eventually wounded in the shoulder and lay on the beach all night before being taken back to England the next day. | |||
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| [PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - HECTOR DUFF] | |||
| Date: 2019 Film Number: 9285 | |||
| Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Hector Duff, aged 99 from the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man, served with the Royal Tank Regiment of the 5th Infantry Division which landed on Gold Beach, Normandy on June 6th 1944. Hector was just 19 when he was called up, and had already fought in North Africa where he won the Military Medal. On D-Day the Americans were to his right landing on Omaha Beach and to his left were the Canadians landing on Juno Beach. Here he recounts his experiences and looks through old photos. | |||
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| [PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - JACK CUNNANE] | |||
| Date: 2019 Film Number: 9286 | |||
| Paul Crone interviews World War II veterans to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Jack Cunnane, aged 95 from Bury, landed with REME (Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) on Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. His vital role with the recovery trucks was to keep tanks, jeeps and moving military equipment in working condition once they had landed on the beach. Many wouldn’t start because of sea water in the engines. He spent all day under constant fire repairing vehicles, eventually being hit by shrapnel and then told he wouldn’t walk again. Jack’s war continued until VE Day, May 8th, 1945 in Northern Germany. | |||
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