British troops advance through the village of Hermanville-sur-Mer, near Sword Beach, Normandy, France, on D-Day, June 6, 1944.


Near Sword Beach

A British soldier inspects a downed German Messerschmitt Bf. 109E-1 fighter. The plane was damaged in an aerial battle with a British Hurricane fighter and made an emergency landing on the beach, near the town of Lydd, Kent county. October 27, 1940. - The pilot was captured.


Downed fighter plane

Two motorcycle dispatch riders of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers have a "brew" before the attack on the commune of Evrecy, Normandy, France; July 16, 1944.
