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Geoff Barkway
Born
18 September 1921 London, England
Died
8 June 2006 (aged 84)
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1939 – 1945
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Unit
Glider Pilot Regiment
Battles/wars
Second World War
Battle of Normandy
Awards
Distinguished Flying Medal
Other work
Engineer
Staff Sergeant Geoff Barkway DFM (18 September 1921 – 8 June 2006) was a member of the Glider Pilot Regiment who achieved fame as the pilot of the third Horsa glider to land at Pegasus Bridge in the early hours of 6 June 1944. This remarkable achievement was described as "the greatest feat of flying of the second world war" by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory.[1] Shortly after the landing he was shot in the arm and later had it amputated when gangrene set in.
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Ambrose, Stephen (2003). Pegasus Bridge - D-Day: The Daring British Airborne Raid. London: Pocket Books. ISBN 0-7434-5068-X.
Staff Sergeant GeoffBarkway DFM (18 September 1921 – 8 June 2006) was a member of the Glider Pilot Regiment who achieved fame as the pilot of the third...
Berkhamsted & Tring Gazette. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015. "Sir Geoff Hurst hails the heroes of grass-roots football". The Daily Telegraph. 11...
subsequently created in 2005, but was abolished in 2013. Ashwell Barley Barkway Bygrave Caldecote Clothall* Codicote Graveley Great Ashby Hexton* Hinxworth...
History of Berkhamsted. Book Stack. ISBN 9781871372007. Woodward, Sue & Geoff (1996). The Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead Railway : the Nickey Line. Headington...
National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 August 2014 Brandwood, Geoff (2013). Britain's best real heritage pubs. St Albans: CAMRA. p. 49. ISBN 9781852493042...
Global Information
United Kingdom