They were reinforced half-an-hour later by 7th Battalion the Parachute Regiment.
The objectives were captured within 10 minutes of landing. Landing at 00:16 on 6 June 1944, the attack was virtually a complete surprise to the Germans (one of the gliders, Chalk 91, landed just 47 yards from Bénouville Bridge over the Caen Canal). Major John Howard led a force of 181 men from Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (plus sappers from the Royal Engineers and men from the Glider Pilot Regiment) in six Airspeed Horsa gliders. Their capture would prevent their use in any German counter-attack against eastern flank of the landings at Sword Beach. Dedicated to the men of 6th Airborne Division, the museum tells the story of the first action of D-Day – Operation Deadstick ¬– the capture of the Caen Canal and Orne river bridges by a coup de main. The Pegasus Bridge Memorial Museum was opened on 4 June 2000 by the Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief of the Parachute Regiment. But whilst size is not always an indication of quality, one of the larger and best is the Pegasus Bridge Memorial Museum at Ranville, near Caen. Many are excellent, including the small Dead Man’s Corner Museum at Saint-Côme-du-Mont. Marie-Englise) to the tiny one or two-room collections in cafes and bars. Today this part of France is dotted with museums of varying sizes and quality, ranging from the large and purpose-built (such as the American Airborne Museum at St. The Operation Overlord beaches stretch for some 60-miles along the Normandy coastline. David Flintham visits a large military museum in Normandy and is impressed by the quality of its displays.
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