Alex’s incredible feat of survival: D-Day pilot talks of a day that changed the world

By Janice Harris
Updated June 7 2014 - 8:14am, first published 4:00am
FLYING ON D-DAY: The 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings evokes strong memories for Alex Jenkins who flew his Lancaster bomber along the coast near Calais. Photo: STEVE GOSCH                                                                                                                                              0606lslancaster3
FLYING ON D-DAY: The 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings evokes strong memories for Alex Jenkins who flew his Lancaster bomber along the coast near Calais. Photo: STEVE GOSCH 0606lslancaster3

WHEN the D-Day push into France began 70 years ago, Orange resident Alex Jenkins was there as a 19-year-old trainee pilot flying along the coast over Calais as a diversionary tactic to distract the enemy from the point of invasion.

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