Jim Wallwork, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Medal
Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1919
Place of Birth: Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 24-Jan-2013
Profession: farmer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Jim Wallwork
- Staff Sergeant James Harley Wallwork DFM (21 October 1919 – 24 January 2013) was a British soldier and a member of the Glider Pilot Regiment who achieved notability as the pilot of the first Horsa glider to land at Pegasus Bridge in the early hours of D-Day, 6 June 1944, during the Second World War.
- This achievement was described as "the greatest feat of flying of the second world war" by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory.
- Although most noted for his part in the Battle of Normandy, Wallwork flew gliders in every major British airborne operation of the Second World War.
- These also included the Sicily landings, Arnhem and the Rhine Crossings.
- In later life he lived in Vancouver.
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