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Tommy Booth served with 11 Flight, E Squadron, No 2 Wing of The Glider Pilot Regiment and took part, as second pilot, in the Normandy and Arnhem operations.At the end of the Battle of Arnhem he was able to safely withdraw with the remnants of the 1st British Airborne Division to the safety of allied lines.

Sergeant Tommy Booth

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Normandy (Operation Overlord)
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division in action f...

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Arnhem (Operation Market Garden)
1st Allied Airborne Corps, which included the American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, was tasked to secure the main canal...
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Members of E Sqn No 2 Wing Glider Pilot Regiment return from Normandy, 1944.
Members of E Sqn No 2 Wing Glider Pilot Regiment return from Normandy, 1944.