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Tricolour over the Arc de Triomphe

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Contributed by听: Winchester Museum WW2 Exhibition
People in story:听: Pilot Office Martin Grugeon, Free French Lt Paul Rumi
Location of story:听: Paris, France, 14th July 1944
Article ID:听: A4162394
Contributed on:听: 07 June 2005

We were stationed in Normandy with No274 Spitfire Squadron. Free French pilot Paul Rumi expressed a desire to do something special to mark Bastille Day, the French National Day, on 14th July.
We devised a plan to fly low over Paris and drop a Tricolour french flag on the Arc de Triomphe. We got the "okay" from superior authority and proceeded with our plan

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