20 DICE BY SANDY WEBB TO SHOW THE SIGNAL STRIPS AT 6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION H.Q. ON D + 3                                                  Sandy Webb flew one of these                                                  and had to throw a message                                                  out of his aircraft - he                                                  broke the point of his pencil                                                  in writing it and had to                                                  sharpen it in the air! -                                                  before they could be persuaded                                                  to put out their signals, but                                                  he brought back some remark-                                                  able photographs of their                                                  gliders and reported that everything appeared to be going well. During the next few days several disting- uished visitors flew 16 Squadron Spitfires to have a "look see" including Group Captain P.B.B. Ogilvie D.S.O., D.F.C., and Air Commodore Geddes D.S.O., O.B.E., flew an excellent sortie over the beach head on "D" Day in his own Mustang.     During the first few days there was a tendency to "flap" which gradually wore off as the tasks became more numerous and the normal routine was re-estab- lished. Daily cover of the beach from OUISTREHAM to ST VAAST was required for the Navy and to watch the progress of construction of the Mulberries, and this task was soon known as the 'Milk Run' on which several unqualified navigators became "operational" in Mosquitos.     Life at Northolt remained much as it had been before the great day and there was little to note in the operations except a tendency to fly in rather worse -+ Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.