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William Kenneth Marfleet

Staff Sergeant William Kenneth Marfleet was the First Pilot & Aircraft Commander in a Horsa glider on D-Day. Telling Staff Sergeant Marfleet’s D-Day 75 story is his nephew, military author Steve Wright. The story also mentions several servicemen who sadly died alongside William on 6 June 1944.

FALLEN HEROES

WILLIAM KENNETH MARFLEET
Army • STAFF SERJEANT
Glider Pilot Regiment
1 Wing
DIED 06 June 1944
AGE 24
SERVICE NO. 7537176

ALBERT EDWARD DAVIES
Army • COMPANY QUARTERMASTER SERJEANT
Parachute Regiment
9th Battalion
DIED 06 June 1944
AGE 32
SERVICE NO. 6008541

WILLIAM SIDNEY
Army • BOMBARDIER
Royal Artillery
4 Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery
DIED 06 June 1944
AGE 27
SERVICE NO. 5126153

JOHN WILLIAM LUNN
Army • DRIVER
Royal Army Service Corps
716 (Airborne) Light Composite Company
DIED 06 June 1944
AGE 19
SERVICE NO. T/14427546

VICTOR HAINES
Army • SERJEANT
Glider Pilot Regiment
1 Wing
DIED 06 June 1944
AGE 25
SERVICE NO. 1888144

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