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Who is Private Wally Parr from Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 and what is their importance? "Pegasus_Bridge:_June_6

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Private Wally Parr served with the Company D of the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Industry, which is part of the British Army s 6th Airborne Division's Air Landing Bridgade. His wife, Irene, was in England. Parr was flying in the lead glider on June 6, 1944. After the war, Parr returned home and opened a window cleaning business.

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Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944