Museum map of the Pegasus Bridge area. Pegasus and Horsa bridges are 2/3 of the way up, and span the Caen Canal and One River.
Pegasus Bridge
This video is about Pegasus Bridge
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British reconnaisance photo showing location of MAJ Howard's three gliders - superb airmanship
The original Pegasus Bridge
Monument to Major John Howard
The bust of Major Howard, leader of the assault on Pegasus Bridge, is just to the right of a stone-mounted plaque showing the landing site of Howard's glider.
The current Pegasus Bridge
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Interior of a British Horsa glider
A U.S. Bailey Bridge, showing the three stages of construction
Display of a communications center. Carrier pigeons provided the first reports from the the D-Day landing forces
Chateau de Benouville
Just east of Pegasus Bridge, this maternity hospital came under fire from the British, who suspected it of housing a German sniper.
Cafe Gondree, the first building liberated on D-Day
The proprietor, Georges Gondree, supplied information about German defenses to the British via Madame Lea Vion, who ran the hospital in the Chateau de Benouville
