Tumbling out of the plane, then catching the air before falling to the ground with a slow, mesmerising grace, the paratroops returned to Normandy yesterday.
Seventy years ago men using the same equipment jumped at midnight and helped to change the course of history. Yesterday veterans watched as nearly 300 British, French, American and Canadian paratroops filled the sky to recreate the drop that marked the start of D-Day.
They did not all just watch, however. Standing by is not really Jock Hutton’s way; and so yesterday, with a swagger that belied his 89 years, Mr Hutton jumped out of