Pirie’s D-Day hero 12/06/2024 FacebookTwitterEmail Mustang Mark 1, AG431 D, of No. 16 Squadron RAF, being prepared for a reconnaissance sortie at Middle Wallop, Hampshire. The pilot, Flying Officer Douglas Wills Sampson RAAF, is buckling on his life jacket by the nose. Picture supplied. Gary Fradd PORT PIRIE - The photographs of the artillery grid on ‘Utah’, one of the landing beaches for D-Day, taken by […] Subscribe or Login to see the rest of the content. Username or E-mail Password Remember Me Forgot Password