Pegasus Memorial Museum / Mémorial Pegasus in Ranville (Normandy, France)
N 49° 14.533 W 000° 16.308
30U E 698567 N 5457964
Quick Description: In small town Ranville in Normandy you can find very interesting WW-II museum - Mémorial Pegasus. The museum is to remember the 6th Airborne Division of General Sir Richard Gale in Normandy atd especially to famous "Battle for Pegasus Bridge".
Location: France
Date Posted: 6/10/2009 2:23:33 PM
Waymark Code: WM6JKE
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Long Description:
Mémorial
Pegasus in Ranville is new and relative small war museum which
retells the full story behind the famous D-Day glider attack on
Pegasus Bridge, one of the two bridges spanning the Orne River and
canal. The museum was inaugurated by HRH The Prince of Wales on 4
June 2000 and lies at the Eastern end of the current
bridge.
The museum is very informative and
has a film show that gives an excellent overview of the events.
Outside in the grounds you can visit the original Pegasus Bridge
(which has been replaced across the river with a new, broader and
longer modern bridge) and an exact copy of Horsa glider from the
war period.