How Gliders Helped Liberate Pegasus Bridge On D-Day
Pegasus Bridge was liberated by Allied troops in the early hours of D-Day.
Sian Grzeszczyk Melbourne is an award-winning journalist with more than 17 years of experience, including nearly a decade reporting for the BBC. She was based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus for two years, is a military spouse and was the first British journalist to fly in a US Army Apache attack helicopter and even briefly take the controls. Sian specialises in covering the RAF, politics, military chiefs and military royal engagements.
Pegasus Bridge was liberated by Allied troops in the early hours of D-Day.
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