SAINTE MERE EGLISE

WWII NORMANDY : Where stand the parachutist which gat caught on the church
during the night of the 5th and 6th of June 1944.

More than 16,000 paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions landed behind Utah Beach to assist the seaborne landings. Navigational errors meant that although most of the troops were dropped near their landing zones, a lot more were dropped up to 25 miles off course. By getting caught on the church steeple, John Steele ensured the lasting fame of the village, being immortalised in the film “The Longest Day”. These landings are commemorated in two of the stained-glass windows now to be seen in the church of Sainte Mere Eglise.

Which tour goes there ?  from Paris to Normandy
Tourism Office 6
rue Eisenhower
50480 Saint-Mère-Eglise

Tél. : 02 33 21 00 33
Fax. : 02 33 21 53 91

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