Bénouville in Calvados, Normandy, France — Western Europe

Pegasus Bridge Site

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 27, 2008

1. Pegasus Bridge Site Marker

Inscription.

In the first minutes of 6 June 1944, glider-borne troops of the 5th Airborne division captured the bridge which was on this site over the Caen Canal. It was one of the first objectives of the Allied landings in Normandy. It was renamed Pegasus Bridge after the emblem of British Airborne Forces.

It was replaced in 1994 by this new bridge of Benouville. The original bridge is now part of the "Memorial Pegasus"

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 49° 14.518′ N, 0° 16.369′ W. Marker is in Bénouville, Normandie (Normandy), in Calvados. Memorial is on Avenue du Commander Kieffer (D514). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bénouville, Normandie 14970, France. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 18 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Major R. J. Howard (within shouting distance of this marker); Lance Corporal Brian J. Mullen (Sapper), R.E. (within shouting distance of this marker); The Bailey Bridge (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); First House Liberated in France (about 180 meters away); Horsa Glider (about 180 meters away); Fourth Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (approx.

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17.3 kilometers away); In Memory of All Canadian Gunners (approx. 17.3 kilometers away); Message to the French Resistance (approx. 17.3 kilometers away).

New Pegasus Bridge image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 27, 2008

2. New Pegasus Bridge

Gun placement by the Pegasus Bridge image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 27, 2008

3. Gun placement by the Pegasus Bridge

Memorial Pegasus Museum Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 27, 2008

4. Memorial Pegasus Museum Building

Old Pegasus Bridge on the site of the Memorial Pegasus Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 27, 2008

5. Old Pegasus Bridge on the site of the Memorial Pegasus Museum

Pegasus Bridge image at the Museum entrance. image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, June 27, 2008

6. Pegasus Bridge image at the Museum entrance.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 2, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 439 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 2, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.