Raymond Shuck (1923-2019), veteran of the 6th Airborne Air-landing Division of the British Army, that took Pegasus Bridge on D-Day
Raymond Shuck (1923-2019) was a member of the 6th Airborne Air-landing Division, 4th Air Landing Anti-Tank Battery, 13th Battalion Parachute Regiment in the Second World War. At 03:30 on June 6, 1944, Raymond Shuck had been dropped on to landing zone ‘N’, north of Ranville, Normandy to take a key road bridge in Normandy - Caen Canal bridge that the Nazis planned to blow up. The bridge was later named Pegasus Bridge following the success of the D-Day operation. The successful outcome of their mission restricted the German counter-attack following the Allied invasion. This set in motion the liberation of Nazi-controlled Western Europe.
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Location: Ranville War Cemetery, Ranville, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
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