. . . . . "Staff Sergeant Geoff Barkway DFM was a member of the Glider Pilot Regiment who achieved fame as the pilot of the third Horsa glider to land at Pegasus Bridge in the early hours of 6 June 1944. This remarkable achievement was described as \"the greatest feat of flying of the second world war\" by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory. Shortly after the landing he was shot in the arm and later had it amputated when gangrene set in." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "4518"^^ . . . . "United Kingdom" . . . "932430558"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Geoff Barkway" . "Geoff Barkway" . . . . . "1921-09-18"^^ . . . "1939"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2006-06-08"^^ . . . . . . . . "1939-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^ . . "1939-01-01T00:00:00Z"^^ . . . . . "Staff Sergeant Geoff Barkway DFM was a member of the Glider Pilot Regiment who achieved fame as the pilot of the third Horsa glider to land at Pegasus Bridge in the early hours of 6 June 1944. This remarkable achievement was described as \"the greatest feat of flying of the second world war\" by Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory. Shortly after the landing he was shot in the arm and later had it amputated when gangrene set in." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Geoff Barkway" . . . . . . . . . . "United Kingdom" . . "5613560"^^ .