Hi Jan,
In answer to your query:
“Then, at 0800 on that grey morning of 6 June, Priller and his wing man, Uffz.Heinz Wodarczyk, headed for their Focke- Wulfs, which as usual were parked just outside the command post. The Luftwaffe’s initial response to the invasion was underway.
Priller’s only orders to his longtime wingman were to stick close. They headed west at low altitude, spotting Spitfires above them as far east as Abbeville. Near Le Havre the duo climbed into the solid cloudbank. When they emerged, the ships of the largets assault landing in history were spread out before their eyes. After a shouted “good luck!” to Wodarcyzk, Priller dove for the beach at 400 miles per hour. The British soldiers on Sword, the easternmost of the five landing beaches, jumped for cover as the two fighters roared fifty feet overhead, their machine guns and cannon clattering. The fleet’s anti-aircraft guns opened fire with every gun that could track them, but the Focke-Wulfs flew through the barrage unscathed.
After traversing the beach, the two pilots climbed for the clouds, honour satisfied.”
Taken from “JG26 Top Guns of the Luftwaffe” by Donald L. Caldwell Ivy Books ISBN 0-8041-1050-6
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