RAF Tornado jets 'recce' D-Day beaches
4 Jun 2014 12:30 PM
Modern-day RAF pilots
have emulated the work of their Second World War counterparts over Normandy
beaches.
Two Tornados from 2 (Army
Cooperation) Squadron used today’s technology to reproduce the images
their D-Day counterparts took over Gold, Juno, Utah and Sword beaches in
France.
On 6 June 1944, a 2 (AC)
Squadron Mustang, piloted by Air Commodore Andrew Geddes, brought back the
first pictures of the Normandy landings.
Two other squadron aircraft,
piloted by Flight Lieutenant R H G Weighill and Flying Officer H J Shute, were
also over the beaches when the first landing craft touched
down.
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