Pegasus Bridge

Sipping a coffee at Café Gondrée, looking at Pegasus Bridge

Sipping a coffee at Café Gondrée, looking at Pegasus Bridge

Sipping a coffee at Café Gondrée, looking at Pegasus Bridge

Pegasus bridge new

Men of D Company Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry after capturing "Pegasus Bridge" (the Caen Canal Bridge at Benouville), France. Original wartime caption: Some of the first British Glider troops to set foot on French soil on "D" Day at 12.20 a.m. They are left to right: Private Frank Gardner of Blackfen Road, Sidcup, Kent; Captain Brian Priday of Haslebourne Stanstead Road, Caterham, Surrey; L/Corporal B.H.Lambley of 69 Hornsey Park Road, London. These men landed from gliders at 12.20 a.m. on "D" Day. They also appear in B 5585 above.
Pegasus Bridge, à Bénouville, s'ouvrant pour laisser passer le Boëdic.

Bénouville - Pegasus Bridge

Bénouville - Pegasus Bridge

Bénouville - Pegasus Bridge

Bénouville - Pegasus Bridge

6 horsa glider landed on the night of 5-6th June 1944 next to Pegaus bridge

London Bridge I was the first Bailey bridge to be put in place during the liberation of Europe

Memorial Pegasus - Original Bridge

Sipping a coffee at Café Gondrée, looking at Pegasus Bridge

Sipping a coffee at Café Gondrée, looking at Pegasus Bridge

Sipping a coffee at Café Gondrée, looking at Pegasus Bridge

Benouville, Pegasus Bridge. Tokina AT-X Pro SD 12-24mm F4 (IF) DX

Benouville, Pegasus Bridge. Tokina AT-X Pro SD 12-24mm F4 (IF) DX

Benouville, Pegasus Bridge. Tokina AT-X Pro SD 12-24mm F4 (IF) DX

Members of the 678th ADA BDE, South Carolina National Guard, study the Pegasus Bridge glider landing and the effectiveness of lacking air defense assets, September 4, 2018, France.

The original Pegasus Bridge (Bénouville, France)

Inoformation panel next to Pegasus Bridge

Historical panel related to the Bénouville and Ranville bridges before 1944

Open for a passing ship

Bénouville, Calvados, Normandy, FRANCE

The enlarged Pegasus bridge replica replacing the original famous bridge kept at the Pegasus memorial museum. Taken at Benouville, Normandy, France, February 2011 Learn more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_Bridge Le nouveau Pegasus bridge rallongé qui remplace l'original conservé au musée mémorial Pégasus. Pris à Bénouville, Normandie, Février 2011 En savoir +: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_Bridge
Historical Overview
Pegasus Bridge, originally called the Bénouville Bridge after the neighbouring village, is a road crossing over the Caen Canal, between Caen and Ouistreham in Normandy. The original bridge, built in 1934, is now a war memorial and is the centrepiece of the Memorial Pegasus museum at nearby Ranville. It was replaced in 1994 by a modern design which, like the old one, is a bascule bridge.
Quick Facts
UK
- Commander: John Howard
- Strength: 181 Mann
- Casualties: 2
German Army
- Commander: Hans von Luck
- Strength: ca. 100
- Casualties: unbekannt
Strategic Context
Securing the eastern flank of the invasion zone.
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