Geoffrey Pattinson (1924-2018)
2015Oil on canvas | RCIN 408484
Mr Pattinson, Sergeant with 9th Battalion The Parachute Regiment, was to land within the perimeter of the Merville Battery, but, due to a faulty glider, he landed in Hampshire. By the evening of D-Day his platoon had managed to land in Normandy and he re-joined his unit.