A monument to the Advanced Landing Group A13 built by the 846th Air Engineers Battalion.
A 13
IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR LIBERTY
FROM THE ADVANCED LANDING GROUP A 13
BUILT BY THE 846TH AIR ENGRS BATTALION
OF THE NINTH US AIR FORCE WERE OPERATIONAL
373TH FIGHTER GROUP
JULY19 TO AUG 19, 1944
406TH FIGHTER GROUP
JULY 30 TO AUG 17, 1944
394TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP
AUG 23 TO SEPT 18, 1944
SULY TOUR EN BESSIN
VAUCELLES JUNE 03, 1989
Address
La Madeleine
Vaucelles, Calvados
14400
France
Coordinates
49.288254, -0.751116
Parking
There is a layby a few hundred meters from the monument
The Bayeux War Cemetery is the largest Second World War cemetery for Commonwealth soldiers in France. It contains the remains of 4,144 Commonwealth burials, 388 of them are unidentified. The cemetery also contains the war graves of 500 other nationalities.
Using a large collection of pictures, documents, original equipment and weapons the museum tells the story of the preparations for D-Day through to the Battle of Normandy from 7th June till the 29th August 1944.
This bridge was captured by the 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers at 2350 on the 6th June 1944
