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THE ASSAULT LANDINGS IN NORMANDY

D DAY: MIDNIGHT JUNE 5 -- MIDNIGHT JUNE 6

What is your full name? SIDNEY FRANK CAPON
What is your present address? 11 MEDCROFT GDNS,
EAST SHEEN, LONDON, S.W.14.
Telephone number:-
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What was your unit, division, corps? 9TH PARACHUTE BTN
6TH AIRBOURNE DIV.
Where did you land and at what time? APPROXIMATELY 0050 HRS "D DAY"
What was your rank and age onJune 6, 1944? PRIVATE 20 YRS OLD
Were you married at that time? NO
What is your wife's name? Did you have any children at that time?

When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion? APPROXIMATELY 1 WEEK BEFORE THE INVASION
What was the trip like during the crossing of the Channel? Do you
remember, for example, any conversations you had or how you passed the time?
THE TRIP BY PLANE WAS COMFORTABLE. THE FLAK WAS THE
WORSE + THIS CREATED A DISORGANISED DROP

Were there any rumours aboard ship? (Some people remember hearing that
the Germans had poured gasoline on the water and planned to set it afire
when the troops came in.)

Did you by any chance keep a diary of what happed to you that day?

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