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Film Number |
9282 |
Title |
[PAUL CRONE D-DAY INTERVIEWS - BOB STOODLEY] |
Producer |
Paul Crone |
Date |
2019 |
Gauge |
.mxf |
Colour |
colour |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
34 mins 24 secs |
Description |
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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