“If he saved my dad, he saved me”: Canadian WWII pilot's sacrifice on D-Day honoured decades later

On June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, 359 Canadians gave their lives as part of the largest military operation of the Second World War. One of those heroes was Flying Officer Harvey Edgar Jones.
At age 26, Jones was the captain of a Dakota transport plane with the mission to drop paratroopers behind enemy lines in German-occupied France, to soften enemy defences ahead of the full-scale invasion.
Jones made the ultimate sacrifice as his aircraft plummeted from the sky after being shot down by German troops. Opting to stay at the controls instead of parachuting out with the rest of the crew, Jones managed to save a number of soldiers along the way.
Decades later, Harvey Engelberg, the son of one of the soldiers that Jones managed to save, honoured his namesake’s memory by donating recently discovered pieces of the fallen plane to Canada’s war museum in Normandy, France.
Through the support of Global News, Engelberg was able to make contact with Jones’ descendants and finally express his gratitude. Dan Spector explains
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[@kevinbodman1011]

More school children should learn about these great heroes that were so devoted to their fellow man and women,children and Country..

[@M_SC]

Children learn about them. they hear lots of things. There are a lot of heroic people and other things to learn

[@kevinbodman1011]

@@M_SC No they used to but sadly not anymore.

[@andrewwebb-trezzi2422]

The choices men make... never forget

[@M_SC]

An amazing story because many brave and group minded people are involved. Bravery and goodness was so common at that time it is astonishing

[@canadaclub8920]

such bravery, too bad it was wasted on a generation of Zog-bots.

[@brianhale3678]

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[@M_SC]

Shut up

[@areuaware6842]

Abrahamism and its filthy false god are a curse on humanity.

[@theslimeylimey]

Thanks for covering this story.

[@leadwipe]

From the United States, thank goodness for men like your father!

[@TheShpmusic]

The colonial past is Very Horrific..

[@M_SC]

Ain’t related to this

[@TheShpmusic]

@@M_SC it is. Anything connected too Britain. Learn your His-story.

[@MikaelLansfalken]

@@TheShpmusic Off topic ...

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