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Power map - flow chart of the allied air forces command structure during the invasion.<br />
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Top Secret - Operation Overlord Air chiefs detailed report to Eisenhower revealed.<br />
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Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory was in overall charge of the allied air campaign during Operation Neptune (D-Day) and Operation Overlord (the invasion of Normandy)<br />
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The previously unseen documents summarise in detail 'the most heavy and concentrated air war in the history of the world'<br />
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Leigh-Mallory tragically died in a plane crash just days after sending the report on his way to the Far East to take up another command - He was the highest ranking officer to be killed during the war.

BNPS.co.uk (01202 558833)
Pic: GoldingYoung/BNPS

Power map - flow chart of the allied air forces command structure during the invasion.

Top Secret - Operation Overlord Air chiefs detailed report to Eisenhower revealed.

Air Chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory was in overall charge of the allied air campaign during Operation Neptune (D-Day) and Operation Overlord (the invasion of Normandy)

The previously unseen documents summarise in detail 'the most heavy and concentrated air war in the history of the world'

Leigh-Mallory tragically died in a plane crash just days after sending the report on his way to the Far East to take up another command - He was the highest ranking officer to be killed during the war.