'Inspiring' D-Day veteran, 100, dies days before 80th anniversary
David Teacher served as a mechanic with the RAF during the Second World War.
Source: metro.co.uk
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David Teacher served as a mechanic with the RAF during the Second World War.
David Teacher passed away two weeks before the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings
Corporal Peter Belcher, now aged 100, and his colleagues were flown in on gliders to capture vital bridges ahead of the seaborne invasion.
David Teacher, who served as a mechanic with the RAF in the Second World War, died last Friday, a spokesperson for the Broughton House veterans care home in Salford, Greater Manchester, said.