Memories of a school boy and a sky full of Horsa gliders on D-Day
Author: Gareth Owen
An oral history interview with David Bayliss. Interview Date 20/05/2014
David Bayliss was a school boy during the war, living in Woodside, Lymington at that time. He recounts his school days, the games they played and tricks that they used to get up to. He also recalls food rationing, his mother’s ingenuity and going collecting gulls’ eggs, which he doesn’t fancy eating today, and having meals with the troops at Alder Cliff, Milford on Sea. They used to collect the scrap wing tanks to make canoes. He remembers the American troops, the sky full of Horsa gliders on D-Day and VE Day celebrations.
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Interviewed by: Dave Larder
Transcription by: John Martin
Checked by: Sue Jackson
Audio Editor: Cosmic Carrot
Date: 1939