Bill Davies: 'Don't forget all the men and boys'

Bill Davies from Porthcawl was only 18 when he was conscripted into the RAF as ground crew.

He and his unit sailed from Portsmouth, landing on the beach at Arromanches, via floating roadway, and arrived in Cruelly a few days after D-Day itself.

From there, they made the perilous journey to Caen, then Belgium, and finally, Germany.

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