in order to effect a link up between themselves and the paratroopers of the 101st Screaming Eagles
Group Captain Graham Wirght OBE
II Series 1 (Special) JP254 of 148 Special Duties Squadron
a unit equipped with the Me-262 jet fighter
Royal Sussex Regiment by Richard Simkin
David and Goliath, Vernon, France, 27th August 1944 by David Pentland. (B) SIG46 in order to effect aDHM1391B. David and Goliath, Vernon, France, 27th August 1944 by David Pentland. Leading 30th Corps assault across the Seine at Vernon, 43rd Wessex Division gained an initial foothold on the east bank. Heroic efforts however by the Royal Engineers of 71st, 72nd and 73rd Field Companies, succeeded in constructing a Class 9 Bailey bridge (David, shown left) and a Second Class 40 bridge (Goliath, shown right) Despite constant enemy fire this amazing feat