Jim Wallwork
Military Person
1919 – 2013
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Who was Jim Wallwork?
Staff Sergeant James Horley Wallwork DFM was a member of the Glider Pilot Regiment who achieved notability as the pilot of the first Horsa glider to land at Pegasus Bridge in the early hours of 6 June 1944. This achievement was described as "the greatest feat of flying of the second world war" by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory. Although most noted for his part in the Battle of Normandy, Wallwork flew gliders in every major British airborne operation of the Second World War. These also included the Sicily Landings, Arnhem and the Rhine Crossings. In later life he lived in Vancouver.
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