Glider No 2
France /
Basse-Normandie /
Benouville /
World
/ France
/ Basse-Normandie
/ Benouville
France / World / Basse-Normandie / Calvados / Caen / Ouistreham
Second World War 1939-1945, interesting place, commemorative place/plaque
Landing position of glider No2 on the assault on the Orn bridges in the opening hours of D Day
This Glider Marker had been placed on the place where the second Horsa glider landed near the Bénouville Bridge.
The text on the memorial:
THE HORSA GLIDER OF LIEUTENANT
D.J. WOOD, PILOTED BY STAFF SERGEANTS
BOLAND AND HOBBS AND ALSO CARRYING
CAPTAIN H.R. NEILSON ROYAL
ENGINEERS AND 28 SOLDIERS LANDED ON
THIS SPOT AT 0017 HOURS ON 6 JUNE 1944.
Source:
en.tracesofwar.com/article/29180/Glider-Marker-2-B%C3%A...
This Glider Marker had been placed on the place where the second Horsa glider landed near the Bénouville Bridge.
The text on the memorial:
THE HORSA GLIDER OF LIEUTENANT
D.J. WOOD, PILOTED BY STAFF SERGEANTS
BOLAND AND HOBBS AND ALSO CARRYING
CAPTAIN H.R. NEILSON ROYAL
ENGINEERS AND 28 SOLDIERS LANDED ON
THIS SPOT AT 0017 HOURS ON 6 JUNE 1944.
Source:
en.tracesofwar.com/article/29180/Glider-Marker-2-B%C3%A...
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 49°14'27"N -0°16'23"E
- Cabourg 11 km
- Gonneville-sur-Mer 17 km
- Bayeux 34 km
- Jump-Off point for Operation Cobra 73 km
- Utah Beach 73 km
- Coutances 90 km
- Valognes 96 km
- Niton & Whitwell Parish 170 km
- Selsey 172 km
- Chesil Beach 231 km
- Bénouville 1.2 km
- Ranville 1.6 km
- Drop zone K 2.3 km
- Amfréville 2.6 km
- Ouistreham 3.5 km
- Renault Trucks 3.7 km
- Colombelles 4.8 km
- Hérouville-Saint-Clair 5.9 km
- Hermanville-sur-Mer 5.9 km
- CITIS 6.5 km