D-Day hero dies aged 100
Daily Express|April 25, 2024
A D-Day hero who flew into Normandy towing a tank and came under machine gun fire died yesterday aged 100.
Giles Sheldrick
D-Day hero dies aged 100

Trooper Bill Gladden served with the Royal Armoured Corps at just 20.

He volunteered for airborne duties as part of the 6th Airborne Reconnaissance Regiment. On D-Day he flew a Hamilcar glider carrying a Tetrarch tank and eight 350cc Matchless motorbikes, towed by a Halifax Bomber.

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