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Pegasus Bridge - Benouville D-Day 1944 #bridge #duty #adventure #exploremore #foryouシ Source IWM London Archive | D-Day History

Pegasus Bridge 🌺🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🌺 (Movie-The Longest Day) On the night of 5 June 1944, a force of 181 men, led by Major John Howard, took off from RAF Tarrant Rushton in Dorset, southern England in six Horsa gliders to capture Pegasus Bridge, and also "Horsa Bridge", a few hundred yards to the east, over the Orne River. The force was composed of D Company (reinforced with two platoons of B Company), 2nd Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry; 20 sappers of the Royal Engineers of 249 Field Comp

Pegasus Bridge in Normandy, France. 1944 vs. Today. In the early hours of D-Day, June 6, 1944, British airborne forces launched a daring glider assault to seize Pegasus Bridge, a critical crossing over the Caen Canal in Normandy. Led by Major John Howard and D Company, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, the mission was executed with incredible precision and courage. Their successful capture of the bridge was the first action of the Allied invasion and proved vital in