RIP. Lt. Col. David Hamilton 20. July 1922 - 5. January 2025
David Hamilton, the last surviving D-Day Pathfinder pilot, “flew west” on Sunday, January 5, at the age of 102. On the night of June 5, 1944, Hamilton took off from RAF North Witham with 19 other Pathfinder aircraft to lead the D-Day invasion. Pathfinders from the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, as well as British and Canadian airborne units, parachuted into Normandy approximately 30 minutes before the main airborne assault to mark the designated drop zones for incoming paratroopers and gliders.
