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Bénouville in Calvados, Normandy, France — Western Europe
 

Pegasus Bridge Site

 
 
Pegasus Bridge Site Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, June 2, 2025
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. Memorial is in Bénouville, Normandie (Normandy), in Calvados. It is on Avenue du Commander Kieffer (D514). Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Bénouville, Normandie 14970, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, Europe, the European Union, Atlantic Europe, the Schengen Area, Western Europe, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony and also the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking
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distance of this marker: Bénouville - Pegasus Bridge (within shouting distance of this marker); Major R. J. Howard (within shouting distance of this marker); Le Pegasus Bridge - Du prélude à la Libération / The Pegasus Bridge - From Prelude to Liberation (within shouting distance of this marker); Les rives de l’Orne / The Banks of the Orne (within shouting distance of this marker); Major John Howard (within shouting distance of this marker); «L’arbre de la liberté» / «The Liberty Tree» (within shouting distance of this marker); Lance Corporal Brian J. Mullen (Sapper), R.E. (within shouting distance of this marker); L/Cpl Fred Greenhalgh (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bénouville.
 
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.
Pegasus Bridge Site Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 2008
7. Pegasus Bridge Site Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 2, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 713 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on July 3, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.   2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on January 2, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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