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Pictured: Lt Bain, centre. <br />
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The medals and personal effects of an unsung hero of D-Day have emerged for sale for £6,000.<br />
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Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Bain trialled the amphibious Duplex Drive tanks ahead of the Normandy landings in June 1944.<br />
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He commanded three DD training schools preparing tanks for sea and river assaults, reporting personally to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.<br />
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The dangerous trials, which tested the 'waterproofing' of the amphibious armoured vehicles, were carried out off the south coast of England.