The story
On August 2, Captain DIDISHEIM (intelligence officer) and Captain HOWELL (Artillery Battery), accompanied by thirteen men leave England by plane. At 1130hrs., they land in Amblie, an RAF forward airfield situated about 10 kilometres South of Courseulles and adjacent to the 1st Canadian Army's Staff. They have a reconnaissance and liaison mission.
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