A D-Day Glider, Airspeed Horsa
France /
Basse-Normandie /
Benouville /
World
/ France
/ Basse-Normandie
/ Benouville
France / World / Basse-Normandie / Calvados / Caen / Ouistreham
Second World War 1939-1945, aircraft on display
One of the Horsa gliders used by the Oxfordshire & Buckinghanshire Light Infantry -
British 6th Airborne Division lead by Maj. R John Howard to liberate the Pegasus Bridge.
British 6th Airborne Division lead by Maj. R John Howard to liberate the Pegasus Bridge.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspeed_Horsa
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°14'35"N -0°16'16"E
- Drop zone K 1.6 km
- Hillman Fortress 4.1 km
- Colleville-Montgomery Beach 5.9 km
- Sword Beach 13 km
- Douvres-la-Délivrande 13 km
- Juno Beach (Nan Sector) 17 km
- Sainte-Croix ALG 20 km
- Arromanches-les-Bains - Site of the Mulberry Harbour 28 km
- Gold Beach 29 km
- Remains of Mulberry harbour breakwaters "Phoenix" 30 km
- Bénouville 1.3 km
- Ranville 1.8 km
- Amfréville 2.4 km
- Drop zone K 2.5 km
- Ouistreham 3.3 km
- Renault Trucks 4 km
- Colombelles 5.1 km
- Hermanville-sur-Mer 5.8 km
- Hérouville-Saint-Clair 6.1 km
- CITIS 6.8 km