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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