Denver (KDVR)-In a tear service full of friends and loved ones, an old D-Day warrior was placed to rest in Denver on Wednesday.
William Chambers, 102, died late last month at the age of 102, more than 80 years after securing a place in the history of World War II. He was a sailing plane pilot during the Allied invasion of Normandy, the event that turned the wave of war.
On June 7, 1944, Ray flew with the 73rd squadron. It was withdrawn by the C-47 and its participating theaters flew an American sailing plane CG-4A, south of St. Milis, France.
“On the seventh of July, Ray won the air medal for his jurisdiction to fight combat aircraft to France. It is usually allocated to a pilot who raised at least five combat order sorties, Cromily said.
“On July 23, Ray got the purple heart for the injuries that were in the fighting. The subsequent physical examination is detailed that Ray was shrapnel injured during his combat mission and was transferred to the hospital for two weeks,” he added.
There were more than 500 American sailorbacks sent in the first two days of wild operations, which became known as D-Day invasion. About 44 pilots were killed by a sailboat at work.
Chambers continued to fly multiple combat missions in the C-47s, including dropping two groups of paratroopers while operating the market garden.
“After receiving enough combat points to return to their homes, Ray left the next day, and returned to Denver on June 1, 1945, just two weeks before his twenty -third birthday.
It was placed to rest in the Fairmont cemetery in East Denver.