Memorial Pegasus

[1] In 1974 the Airborne Forces Museum was opened on the west bank of the Caen Canal at Bénouville by the D-Day Commemoration Committee.

The museum was opened by British General Sir Richard Gale who had been the divisional commander of the 6th Airborne during the Normandy Landings.

[1] In 1999 the original Pegasus Bridge was bought by the Committee from the French authorities for one Franc to be a focal-point for the new museum.

[1] The new museum Memorial Pegasus was opened on 4 June 2000 by the then-Prince of Wales, who was Colonel-in-Chief of the Parachute Regiment.

[1] On 5 June 2004 a replica of the first Airspeed Horsa glider to land close to the Bénouville Bridge was officially inaugurated.