A memorial located at the site of Advanced Landing Ground A8 built near the commune of Picauville and was used from June to September 1944.
IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR LIBERTY
FROM THE ADVANED
LANDING GROUND A8
BUILT BY THE 826TH
AIR ENGRS BATTALION
OF NINTH USA AIR FORCE
WERE OPERATIONAL
405TH FIGHTER GROUP OF USA AF
06 30 TO 09 14 1944
264TH 60TH NIGHT FIGHTER
SOS OF RAF
08 06 TO 09 09 1944
PICAUVILLE - AMFREVILLE
Address
D69
Étienville, Manche
50480
France
Coordinates
49.392824, -1.418867
Parking
A memorial to the crews of 5 C-47 Dakota planes that crashed near Picauville after being hit by flak early in the morning on D-Day, 6th June 1944
A monument to the American Paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment who fought along the banks of the Merderet River during the early hours of June 6th.
Memorial to the three hundred U.S. soldiers of the 90th Infantry Division and 82nd Airborne Division who died liberating Gourbesville in June 1944
