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Normandy...

Postby C » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:03 am

Just a few photos from the quick Normandy vist earlier this month. Hopefully I'll be going back later in the year with a bigger memory card...

Ste Mere Eglise...

C-47 Building
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Waco Building
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Paratrooper dangling. There was a funeral going on in the chuch at the time...
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The original Benouville Canal bridge (Pegasus Bridge)
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FSM Horsa Glider
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Pegasus bridge again. The wreath on the left of the picture is laid where Lt Den Brotheridge fell, becoming the first British soldier to be killed in the invasion.
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Re: Normandy...

Postby airsoftman687 » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:24 am

nice shots, my friend is there right now i think or somewhere in the french countryside fraulicing in the popies and then steping on unexploded ordanance ;D
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Re: Normandy...

Postby lilley91 » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:39 am

seems like a wonderful trip

its a nice memorial there, ive been there with school twice, and it always numbs me to know how many people sacrificed themselves on that day.

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Re: Normandy...

Postby Sir_Jon » Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:54 am

Ah those pictures bring back many memories of my trip there, its a beautiful area of France and the musuems are excellent!
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Re: Normandy...

Postby TSC. » Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:00 am

Great pics Charlie - i'm hoping to go there in September/October to visit the D-Day beaches & drive up to Dunkirk.

Cheers,

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Re: Normandy...

Postby ozzy72 » Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:05 am

I really must get there one of these years...
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Re: Normandy...

Postby Dr._Who » Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:51 am

Looks like you visited exactly the same places I did when I was there. Some of your pics are almost exactly the same as the ones I took. Scary.

Great shots! Brings back some great memories from my time in france!
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Re: Normandy...

Postby thebrelon » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:33 pm

sorry you had bad times with some people here... (as far as I understood from one of your previous post)

you should also visit verdun's memorials. douaumont is the place,exactly. that's a really impressive place, and I'm sure you will never forget that place...

you know french will never forget what other countries did for them...you know...

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Re: Normandy...

Postby HawkerTempest5 » Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:25 am

Really nice Charlie. I visited Normandy two years ago and visited most of the sites and beaches but did not have time to visit Pegasus Bridge. I hope to go back again soon.
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