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At about 05.30hours on Tuesday 6th June the Johnson household was woken up by the noise of a siren coming from an aircraft flying overhead. The aircraft was a P47 Thunderbolt stationed at nearby Boxted Airfield. Almost immediately the aircraft was joined with others (no sirens) circling overhead. With the exception of the aircraft fitted with the siren this was the usual procedure in formating for operations.
The most unusual contrast about the aircraft was that they had black and white stripes painted on their wings and fuselage. These stripes were not evident on the aircraft flying from Boxted the previous day. One can ssume that these stripes, that became officially known as D-Day and Invasion markings, must have been applied during the night of 5/6th June.
For the rest of that day, much more than usual air activity could be seen in the skies over Colchester. Later during the day it was announced over the wireless that allied forces had landed on the beaches of Normandy with the aid of large naval and air support.

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