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Bill Gladden: D-Day veteran who flew glider into France and survived being shot by a tank, dies, aged 100

A pilot, serving with the 6th Airborne Army Recce Regiment RAC, flew a Hamilcar glider into Normandy carrying a tank and six motorbikes on June 6, 1944.
Two days later, he was injured by machine-gun fire from an enemy tank while brewing tea in a barn.
After less than two weeks of action, he was flown back to the UK with a severe leg injury, spending the next three years in the hospital.

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BBC News

Haverhill D-Day veteran who survived gunfire dies aged 100

Bill Gladden, who flew into Normandy on a glider, dies weeks before the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

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The Independent

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Associated Press News

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100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades once more

British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore through his ankle a few days later, wanted to return to France for the 80th anniversary of the invasion so he could honor the men who didn’t come home

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National Post

100-year-old British D-Day veteran dies before he can honor fallen comrades one more time

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