A memorial 700 meters to the North West of Sainte-Croix sure Mer commemorating advanced landing ground B3 and the operations by Allied Air Forces in the liberation of Europe.
B3
COMMEMORATING
THE FIRST LANDING
AND OPERATIONS
BY ALLIED AIR FORCES
IN THE LIBERATION OF
EUROPE
114 WING RAF/CRAF
441, 442, 443 SQUADRON
RCAF
10 JUNE 1944
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SAINTE-CROIX-SUR MER
JUNE 10TH - SEPT. 3RD
1944
Address
Rte de Ver sur Mer
Sainte-Croix-sur-Mer, Calvados
14480
France
Coordinates
49.319292, -0.518521
Parking
La Marefontaine Batterie had four concrete casemates housing 100-millimetre howitzers from Czechoslovakia, with a range of 9 kilometres.
An anchor belonging to one of the warships that fought during the Normandy invasion.
The Gold Beach Museum (Musée America – Gold Beach) covers the German defences along the beach prior to D-Day aswell as D-Day and the intelligence operations behind it with a particular focus on the 50th Northumberland division and the creation of RAF airfields in the area.
