John Howard’s name will forever be linked to the highly successful Pegasus Bridge assault by his glider-born company of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. His men regarded him with awe and his courage and toughness were bye-words. However this book reveals the human side of the man as well as providing a graphic account of the preparation, actual operation and aftermath of this iconic raid.

The Pegasus Diaries is a book that will be enjoyed by men and women alike, presenting as it does a complex man often torn between his high sense of loyalty to his men and devotion to duty.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 January and February 1942: Camden Town to the Airborne
• Chapter 2 February to April 1942: Background, Oxford and Marriage
• Chapter 3 April to October 1942: Coastal Training and the Long March
• Chapter 4 October 1942 to june 1943: Christmas at Bulford and Return to Ilfracombe
• Chapter 5 Mid-June to September 1943: Family Life and Waiting for War
• Chapter 6 September to Christmas 1943: Searching for a Home
• Chapter 7 Christmas 1943 to March 1944: Home Making and Marking Time
• Chapter 8 March to end of May 1944: Preparations for D-Day
• Chapter 9 May to early June 1944: Transit Camp, Off at Last
• Chapter 10 6 June 1944: The Capture of the Bridges
• Chapter 11 6—19 June 1944: Escoville and Fighting for Normandy
• Chapter 12 20 June to November 1944: Normandy, Returning Home and the End of the Road
• Chapter 13 13 November 1944 to April 1945: Recovery, Realization and Regret
• Chapter 14 April 1945 to March 1946: Disillusion, Determination and Deliverance
• Epilogue
• Plates Section