A Bofors 44mm Anti Aircraft gun located at the western end of Pegasus Bridge opposite Cafe Gondree.
The site originally was originally the home of a Centaur IV Tank, which has been moved to the grounds of the Pegasus Bridge Memorial Museum
Address
Avenue du Commandant Kieffer
Bénouville, Calvados
14970
France
Coordinates
49.242758, -0.274803
Parking
A memorial to the 6th Airborne Division and Lord Lovat's Commando located between Pegasus Bridge and Bénouville town hall.
The original site of Pegasus Bridge which was assaulted by the 6th Airborne Division on the morning of the 6th June 1944 in a daring glider borne assault.
A memorial to L/Cpl Fred Greenhalgh who drowned when he was thrown from No.3 Glider during the coup de main assault on Pegasus Bridge
