Ste Mere Eglise, D-day 75, 2019

36 photos taken on 6 and 9 June. The purpose of the US paratroop and glider assault around Ste Mere Eglise was to protect the US seaborne landings on Utah Beach.

Replica USAAF Douglas C-47 Skytrain P / 315510, Airborne Museum, Ste Mere Eglise, Normandy, 6 June 2019 3. Members of the US 82nd (All American) Airborne Division wait to make their 'rendezvous with destiny'. This could come with shocking suddenness. Some pilots flew too low for parachutes to open. Some troops landed in fields flooded by the Germans; within a minute of jumping they were drowning.

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Replica USAAF Douglas C-47 Skytrain P / 315510, Airborne Museum, Ste Mere Eglise, Normandy, 6 June 2019 3. Members of the US 82nd (All American) Airborne Division wait to make their 'rendezvous with destiny'. This could come with shocking suddenness. Some pilots flew too low for parachutes to open. Some troops landed in fields flooded by the Germans; within a minute of jumping they were drowning.