France Normandy

The tank at historic Pegasus Bridge

Shot
2012
05/27
Publication
2019
06/04
NIKON D90, 11.0-16.0 mm f/2.8 @ f/16.0 1/320, ISO 200
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A Centaur tank displayed at Pegasus Bridge in Benouville. This bridge was the first objective liberated in Operation Overlord, captured shortly after midnight on June 6, 1944 by British paratroopers of the 6th Airborne Division in Operation Deadstick.

Pegasus Bridge tank, Centaur tank, Benouville, Operation Deadstick, 6th Airborne Division