Edward Bate (Left), of Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland, preparing for a large Airborne exercise on the 22nd April 1944 just a few weeks before D-Day. He is seen helping his friend “Heinrich”, an Austrian from Vienna to adjust his parachute prior to take-off. Photo taken by Sgt. Mapam 22-4-44 IWM H.37730
Sergeant McVay of the Black Watch, 51st Highland Division (second from the left) sharing a joke with soldiers of the 1st Polish Armoured Division before setting off for the attack on the Caen hinge at the beginning of the Operation 'Totalise', 8 August 1944. Sergeant McVay was a resident of Whitby, North Yorkshire. IWM (B 8829)
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