Pegasus Bridge, gliders landed at flagpoles
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- Camera: Canon PowerShot A75
- Taken on 2007/03/08 14:29:39
- Exposure: 0.002s (1/640)
- Focal Length: 5.41mm
- F/Stop: f/2.800
- Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV
- No flash
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nickle98, on August 2, 2007, said:
This is the western side of the bridge. All three gliders landed between the tree and the flag poles on the other side of the river. Landing at just ater midnight, they were the FIRST Allied soldiers to land in the invasion. A German sentry though their landing were pieces of an aircraft falling, so, taken by complete surprise, the British soldiers captured the bridge in minutes. The first allied soldier to die of enemy fire was here, a Lt Brotheridge. Except, one soldier did die before him. He was thrown out of his glider, landed in the marsh and drowned. Ranville Cemetry is the last resting place of many of these Paratroopers