Covid claims one of the last surviving D Day veterans
A World War II veteran whose first day of service was during the Normandy landings, has passed away aged 98 after having contracted Covid. Former tank driver Bill Anderson died on January 30 - more than 76 years after first seeing action on June 6, 1944, at the age of just 20 years old. Bill's very first day of active service was when he drove a Sherman M3 tank onto Juno beach on the day of the Normandy Landings. He was also in command of the first tank, 'unlucky' number 13, to cross the Orne River Bridge during Operation Tonga - and was the only vehicle in the Troop not to be destroyed.
Source: dailymail.co.uk