Sword Beach D-Day

[stelmogcx]

An elderly relative has asked me to do an internet search for Josef Priller's book on J26. I notice that it has not been translated from the German however, so I suspect even if I got hold of a copy it may not be of much use for him.

His interest stems from the fact that he landed on Sword beach on D-Day, and witnessed Priller's attack on the beach. It is a constant source of irritation for him that all accounts of the attack describe the beach being straffed by the German planes. He maintains that there was no straffing, and only a single bomb was dropped before the attackers disappeared.

When he recently learned of Priller's book, I think he hoped to get an account of the incident by the man himself.

An hour's Googling hasn't helped me much, but did come up with this forum! I wondered if anyone who has the book recalls the description of this incident from it, or whether anyone is aware of any accounts that may support this alternative version of events?

Thanks for reading, hope this is an appropriate first post...

Phil