Bazenville

Bazenville (French pronunciation: [bazɑ̃vil] ⓘ) is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France.

Bazenville appears as Bazanville on the 1750 Cassini Map[7] and as Bazan ville on the 1790 version.

[8] Bazenville was liberated on the same day as the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944.

[9] It was on this aerodrome that the French ace Pierre Clostermann flew, on 11 June 1944, for the first time in France after his entry into the war in 1942: "All my life I will remember the people of Bazenville the first French to whom I spoke".

The commune has many buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments: The commune has several religious buildings and sites that are registered as historical monuments:

Wing Commander James "Johnny" Johnson at Bazenville Normandy 31 July 1944
The War Cemetery