Memorial

Pegasus Bridge

Plaque

Source: Copyright Paul Cooper

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Current Location

National Memorial Arboretum, Special Forces Memorial Grove, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Lichfield, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR, England

SK 1847814459

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Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 92936
Description: Stainless steel statue of three Horsa gliders in difference aspects of flight descending on a flight path describing the letter "S"
Inscription: "OPERATION DEADSTICK"/ ON D-DAY 6TH JUNE 1944 SIX HORSA GLIDERS WERE/RELEASED BY HALIFAX AIRCRAFT PILOTS OF 298 AND 644/ SQUADRONS ROYAL AIR FORCE./ GLIDING DOWN OVER ENEMY TERRITORY IN COMPLETE/DARKNESS THE CREWS FROM THE ARMY GLIDER PILOT/ REGIMENT CRASHED LANDED 5 OF THE GLIDERS VERY/ CLOSE TO THE BRIDGES OVER THE ORNE RIVER AND CAEN/ CANAL. GLIDER NO 4 LANDED BY A BRIDGE OVER THE/RIVER DIVES ABOUT 10 MILES AWAY./ CAPTURE OF THESE BRIDGES WAS VITAL TO DEFENDING THE/D-DAY LANDING BEACHES IN NORMANDY TO THE NORTH/ AND THE AIRBORNE FORCES DROP ZONES TO THE EAST IN/ THE VICINITY OF RANVILLE./ THE OPERATION WAS PLANNED BY MAJOR JOHN HOWARD/ AND THE SUCCESSFUL ASSAULT BY SOLDIERS FROM THE/2ND. BATTALION OXFORDSHIRE & BUCKINGHAMSHIRE/LIGHT INFANTRY WHO WERE SUPPORTED BY THE ROYAL/ ENGINEERS, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS AND A 7/ PARA LIASION OFFICER./ SPEED, STEALTH AND ACHIEVED COMPLETE SURPRISE

Sculpture

Height: 6000mm

Made from: Stainless Steel

Condition: Good