APPENDIX D

NORMANDY BATTLEFIELD TOURS QUICK REFERENCE AND SATELLITE NAVIGATION DATA FOR 6TH AIRBORNE DIVISION SECTOR

The Satellite Navigation coordinates (Google Earth) are listed below for all main locations. Some of the memorials, exhibits or headstones are not listed individually as these can be found in close proximity to the location and because some memorial seat bench plaques and exhibits are periodically relocated, but remain in the same general area.

All coordinates are given in Degrees, Minutes and Seconds. Additional information and photographs of the memorials, exhibits and locations can be viewed at www.earth.google.com (NB. you may need to activate the appropriate layer).

CHAPTER SIX

A. Pegasus Bridge & Horsa Bridge

1) Pegasus Bridge signpost lat: 49,14,32.83N long: 00,16,29.37W

2) Café Gondrée lat: 49,14,32.70N long: 00,16,29.80W

3) First Liberated House in France lat: 49,14,32.76N long: 00,16,29.78W

4) 7 Para Plaque lat: 49,14,32.76N long: 00,16,29.78W

5) Aid Post Plaque lat: 49,14,32.76N long: 00,16,29.78W

6) No. 1 Special Service Bde Memorial lat: 49,14,32.76N long: 00,16,30.45W

7) Café Gondrée Annexe lat: 49,14,31.90N long: 00,16,31.03W

8) Pegasus Bridge Café Gondrée Signpost lat: 49,14,33.16N long: 00,16,30.90W

9) First Bailey Bridge Memorial Plaque lat: 49,14,17.89N long: 00,16,41.66W

10) Bénouville Château lat: 49,14,10.75N long: 00,16,52.50W

11) Airborne and Commando Memorial Marker lat: 49,14,33.48N long: 00,16,31.54W

12) Bénouville Mairie lat: 49,14,35.40N long: 00,16,41.20W

13) First World War Memorial lat: 49,14,35.97N long: 00,16,40.89W

14) 7 Para Bn Memorial lat: 49,14,37.18N long: 00,16,40.47W

15) Bénouville Church and Churchyard lat: 49,14,48.10N long: 00,16,34.05W

16) Les 3 Planeurs lat: 49,14,34.51N long: 00,16,29.80W

17) Centaur IV (A27L) Tank lat: 49,14,33.79N long: 00,16,29.33W

18) 2 Oxf Bucks Commemoration Plaque. lat: 49,14,32.00N long: 00,16,25.95W

19) Esplanade John Howard lat: 49,14,31.25N long: 00,16,25.47W

20) 50mm (1.97in) Kwk Anti-Tank Gun. lat: 49,14,31.56N long: 00,16,25.65W

21) Comité du Débarquement Monument lat: 49,14,30.77N long: 00,16,25.59W

22) ‘The Pegasus Trail’ Orientation Table (1) lat: 49,14,30.27N long: 00,16,25.80W

23) OVERLORD l’Assault Marker lat: 49,14,30.95N long: 00,16,24.95W

24) Bronze Bust of Major John Howard lat: 49,14,29.81N long: 00,16,24.95W

25) First Glider Landing Marker lat: 49,14,29.89N long: 00,16,24.89W

26) Third Gilder Landing Marker lat: 49,14,28.46N long: 00,16,24.65W

27) Second Glider Landing Marker lat: 49,14,27.42N long: 00,16,23.75W

28) Horsa Bridge lat: 49,14,25.07N long: 00,16,00.61W

29) Bridge Support Remains lat: 49,14,21.78N long: 00,16,01.40W

30) Horsa Bridge Memorial lat: 49,14,25.82N long: 00,16,02.54W

B. Memorial Pegasus Museum (Musée Mémorial Pegasus) lat: 49,14,32.40N long: 00,16,18.00W

1) 12 Para Memorial Plaque

2) 6th Airborne Division Plaque

3) 5.5in (139.7mm) Medium Gun lat: 49,14,33.22N long: 00,16,18.62W

4) 6th Airborne Division Memorial Plaque

5) 3 Para Bde Memorial Plaque

6) Brigadier James Hill DSO MC Bronze lat: 49,14,33.87N long: 00,16,18.34W

7) 2 Oxf Bucks Memorial Plaque

8) Memorial to Lieutenant H.D. Brotheridge lat: 49,14,34.13N long: 00,16,17.97W

9) 25pdr Field Gun lat: 49,14,34.34N long: 00,16,18.14W

10) RAF Memorial Plaque

11) Pegasus Bridge Signpost lat: 49,14,34.68N long: 00,16,17.75W

12) 8 Para Battalion Memorial Plaque

13) Lt Gen Sir Napier Crookenden Memorial Plaque

14) Replica Airspeed (AS) 51 Horsa Mk I Glider lat: 49,14,35.46N long: 00,16,16.78W

15) Memorial Plaque to Tom Packwood

16) Sergeant Ken J. Henesey Memorial Plaque

17) Original Horsa Glider Fuselage Section lat: 49,14,35.76N long: 00,16,15.73W

18) Memorial Plaque to Cpl Ted Tappenden

19) Royal Engineers Memorial Plaque

20) Original Section of Bailey Bridge lat: 49,14,34.90N long: 00,16,15.60W

21) 13 (Lancashire) Para Memorial Plaque

22) 2 (Airldg) Oxf Bucks Memorial Plaque

23) The Men in Gliders Memorial lat: 49,14,34.70N long: 00,16,16.30W

24) Original Pegasus Bridge lat: 49,14,34.10N long: 00,16,16.80W

25) Pegasus Bridge Memorial

26) 40mm (1.58in) Bofors Anti-Aircraft Gun lat: 49,14,33.28N long: 00,16,16.49W

27) 1 RUR Memorial Plaque

28) Quadruple 12.7mm (0.50in) Anti-Aircraft Gun Mounting lat: 49,13,32.87N long: 00,16,16.51W

29) M3 A1 Half-Track lat: 49,14,32.76N long: 00,16,16.74W

30) RAMC Memorial Plaque

31) 1 Cdn Para Memorial Plaque

CHAPTER SEVEN

A. DZ/LZ N (North) & ‘The Pegasus Trail’ Orientation Table (2 lat: 49,14,24.47N long: 00,15,18.36W

B. Ranville

1) Ranville Commonwealth War Cemetery lat: 49,13,52.04N long: 00,15,28.15W

2) Memorial Cross to the 6th Airborne Division lat: 49,13,51.28N long: 00,15,30.58W

3) Ranville Churchyard lat: 49,13,53.81N long: 00,15,29.78W

4) Memorial Plaque to First Soldier Killed at Pegasus Bridge lat: 49,13,56.83N long: 00,15,30.38W

5) Ranville Church lat: 49,13,55.70N long: 00,15,30.00W

6) 6th Airborne Division Memorial Stained Glass Window lat: 49,13,55.22N long: 00,15,29.52W

7) 13 Para Bn Memorial Plaque lat: 49,13,55.22N long: 00,15,29.52W

8) Memorial Plaque to Edouard Gérard lat: 49,13,55.22N long: 00,15,29.52W

9) 1 Cdn Para Memorial Plaque lat: 49,13,55.22N long: 00,15,29.52W

10) Place General Sir Richard Gale lat: 49,13,54.40N long: 00,15,28.15W

11) Bronze Bust of Général Richard Gale lat: 49,13,54.85N long: 00,15,24.77W

12) Original 13 (Lancashire) Para Commemorative Plaque lat: 49,13,54.81N long: 00,15,24.68W

13) New 13 (Lancashire) Para Commemorative Plaque lat: 49,13,51.26N long: 00,15,14.38W

14) Rue du Général Poett lat: 49,13,55.76N long: 00,15,07.68W

15) Allée Charles Strafford lat: 49,13,57.93N long: 00,15,11.15W

16) OVERLORD l’Assault Marker lat: 49,13,54.02N long: 00,15,27.34W

17) Map of 6th Airborne Division’s Operations lat: 49,13,52.67N long: 00,15,27.00W

18) Memorial Plaque to the Belgian Piron Brigade lat: 49,13,51.62N long: 00,15,27.42W

19) Major Charles Strafford MBE Memorial Plaque lat: 49,13,51.62N long: 00,15,26.74W

20) Fallen Scottish Airborne Soldiers Memorial Plaque lat: 49,13,51.05N long: 00,15,27.04W