Bénouville in Calvados, Normandy, France — Western Europe

Major R. J. Howard

Photographed by James Hulse, June 2, 2025

1. Major R. J. Howard Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

C'est ici meme que le 6 juin 1944 a 0 heure 16 a atterri le planeur Horsa de commandant R.J. Howard, de l'Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire light infantry, commandant l'operation destinee a assurer le prise du pont. Se trouvaient a bord avec lui les pilotes sergents - chef Wallwork et Ainsworth le Lieutenant H.D. Brotheridge et 28 soldats.

The Horsa Glider of Major R. J. Howard, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry who commanded the operation to capture the bridge, landed on this spot together with Lieutenant H. D. Brotheridge and 28 soldiers at 0016 hours on 6 June 1944. The pilots were staff sergeants Wallwork and Ainsworth.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is June 6, 1944.

Location. 49° 14.499′ N, 0° 16.414′ W. Memorial is in Bénouville, Normandie (Normandy), in Calvados. It is on Avenue du Commander Kieffer (D514). This marker is on the grounds of the Pegasus Bridge Memorial Museum. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Bénouville, Normandie 14860, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic

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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 distance of this marker: Major John Howard (here, next to this marker); «L’arbre de la liberté» / «The Liberty Tree» (a few steps from this marker); Les rives de l’Orne / The Banks of the Orne (within shouting distance of this marker); Bénouville - Pegasus Bridge (within shouting distance of this marker); L/Cpl Fred Greenhalgh (within shouting distance of this marker); Lieutenant R.A. Smith (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); Pegasus Bridge Site (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bénouville.

Major R. J. Howard Statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 2008

2. Major R. J. Howard Statue

Horsa Glider image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 2008

3. Horsa Glider

Pegasus Bridge Memorial Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 2008

4. Pegasus Bridge Memorial Museum

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 27, 2008

5. Major R. J. Howard 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 576 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 3, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 2, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.