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Hill 112 with 13 photos of a special place of commemoration
City: Esquay-Notre-Dame
Date: 9/05/1945

16th Infantry Regiment (USA) capturing first bunker at Omaha Beach position at 9am
City: Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes
Unit: 16 Infantry Regiment (USA)
Date: 6/06/1944

16th Infantry Regiment (USA) capturing first bunker at Omaha Beach position at 8am
City: Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes
Unit: 16 Infantry Regiment (USA)
Date: 6/06/1944

16th Infantry Regiment (USA) capturing first bunker at Omaha Beach position at 7am
City: Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes
Unit: 16 Infantry Regiment (USA)
Date: 6/06/1944

H.M.S.Nith hit by a Mistel
City: Arromanches-les Baines
Date: 24/06/1944

The crazy Frenchman of the Longest Day
City: Sainte Honorine des Pertres
Date: 31/12/1945

Bunker of Pluskat (from the Film The Longuest Day
City: Colleville-sur-Mer
Date: 31/12/1945

Douglas Baines and Arlette Gondree
City: Benouville
Date: 6/06/1944

16th Infantry Regiment (USA) liberated Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes
City: Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes
Date: 7/06/1944

RAF Bomber Command 292 Halifaxes biggest raid (Dortmund) 12 March 1945
City: Dortmund
Unit: RAF Bomber Command
Date: 12/03/1945

Operation Overlord | Liberation of Western Europe

Last 10 updates

Hill 112 with 13 photos of a special place of commemoration
City: Esquay-Notre-Dame
Date: 9/05/1945

16th Infantry Regiment (USA) capturing first bunker at Omaha Beach position at 8am
City: Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes
Unit: 16 Infantry Regiment (USA)
Date: 6/06/1944

16th Infantry Regiment (USA) capturing first bunker at Omaha Beach position at 9am
City: Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes
Unit: 16 Infantry Regiment (USA)
Date: 6/06/1944

16th Infantry Regiment (USA) capturing first bunker at Omaha Beach position at 7am
City: Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes
Unit: 16 Infantry Regiment (USA)
Date: 6/06/1944

H.M.S.Nith hit by a Mistel
City: Arromanches-les Baines
Date: 24/06/1944

The crazy Frenchman of the Longest Day
City: Sainte Honorine des Pertres
Date: 31/12/1945

Bunker of Pluskat (from the Film The Longuest Day
City: Colleville-sur-Mer
Date: 31/12/1945

Douglas Baines and Arlette Gondree
City: Benouville
Date: 6/06/1944

Hampden AD972 lost at the IJsselmeer on 07-11-1943
City: IJsselmeer
Unit: 420 Sqdn
Date: 7/11/1941

16th Infantry Regiment (USA) liberated Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes
City: Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes
Date: 7/06/1944

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12 June 2013
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Added records with 2 locations of the...

8 June 2013
Sun 09 Jun 2013, 03:40 PM
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7 June 2013
Sun 09 Jun 2013, 08:36 AM
Visit to Hill 112. The place where thousands of allied soldiers died trying to advance to Caen. Photos and locations will be soon...

6 June 2013
Thu 06 Jun 2013, 07:24 PM
A very interesting day start at the cathedral in Bayeux with a very inspired padre named Mandy. She did a very nice and short...

5 June 2013
Wed 05 Jun 2013, 08:37 PM
Made pictures of scenes from "the Longest Day". First the house of the crazy Frenchman waving with his flag and helmet...

4 June 2013
Tue 04 Jun 2013, 01:28 PM
Meeting with Douglas Baines. He Landed in the river Dives just after 12 oclock. It took him 3 hours to get out of the water. Hided...

3 June 2013
Mon 03 Jun 2013, 06:05 AM
Added the program (by Normandy Memoire) of the commemorations 2013 in Normandy.
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Last pictures

Hill 112 with 13 photos of a special place of commemoration

16th Infantry Regiment (USA) capturing first bunker at Omaha Beach position at 9am

16th Infantry Regiment (USA) capturing first bunker at Omaha Beach position at 8am

16th Infantry Regiment (USA) capturing first bunker at Omaha Beach position at 7am

H.M.S.Nith hit by a Mistel

The crazy Frenchman of the Longest Day

Bunker of Pluskat (from the Film The Longuest Day

Douglas Baines and Arlette Gondree

16th Infantry Regiment (USA) liberated Ste. Honorine-des-Pertes

RAF Bomber Command 292 Halifaxes biggest raid (Dortmund) 12 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 68 Mosquitos raid on Dortmund (record ww2) 12 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 292 Halifaxes record attack (Dortmund) 12 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 748 Lancasters record attack (Dortmund) 12 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 22 Lancasters minelaying off Oslo 11/12 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 22 Lancasters minelaying in the Kattegat 11/12 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 6 Mosquitos raid on Magdeburg 11/12 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 6 Mosquitos raid on Hannover 11/12 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 6 Mosquitos raid on Brunswick 11/12 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 90 Mosquitos raid on Berlin 11/12 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 36 Mosquitos raid on Essen 11 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 293 Halifaxes greatest raid on Essen 11 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 750 Lancasters attack Essen 11 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 4 Mosquitos raid on Weimar 10/11 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 4 Mosquitos raid on Jena 10/11 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 4 Mosquitos raid on Gotha 10/11 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 60 Mosquitos raid on Berlin 10/11 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 155 Lancasters attack refinery at Scholven 10 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 21 Halifaxes minelaying off Oslo 9/10 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 21 Halifaxes minelaying in the Kattegat 9/10 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 16 Mosquitos nuisance flight over Wilhelmshaven 9/10 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 16 Mosquitos nuisance flight over Osnabrück 9/10 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 16 Mosquitos nuisance flight over Hannover 9/10 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 16 Mosquitos nuisance flight over Bremen 9/10 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 2 Mosquitos abandonded attack Bielefeld 9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 21 Lancasters abandoned attack Bielefeld 9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 159 Lancasters bombed plants Emscher Lippe 9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 14 Lancasters minelaying Elbe 8/9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 23 Halifaxes minelaying river Elbe 8/9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 5 Mosquitos raid to Osnabrück 8/9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 5 Mosquitos raid to Bremen 8/9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 7 Mosquitos raid to Hagen 8/9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 33 Mosquitos raid to Hannover 8/9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 39 Mosquitos raid to Berlin 8/9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 14 Mosquitos raid to Kassel 8/9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 262 Lancasters raid to Kassel 8/9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 9 Mosquitos raid to Hamburg 8/9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 62 Lancasters raid to Hamburg 8/9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 241 Halifaxes raid on Hamburg 8/9 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 5 Lancasters minelaying off Flensburg 7/8 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 5 Lancasters minelaying off Eckemforde 7/8 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 5 Mosquitos raid to Hannover 7/8 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 9 Mosquitos raid to Münster 7/8 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 10 Mosquitos raid to Frankfurt 7/8 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 80 Mosquitos raid to Berlin 7/8 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 7 Mosquitos accurate attack refinery 7/8 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 234 Lancasters accutate attack refinery 7/8 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 25 Lancasters attempted attack refinery 7/8 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 256 Halifaxes unsuccesful attack Hemmingstedt 7/8 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 5 Mosquitos raid on Dessau 7/8 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 526 Lancasters raid on Dessau 7/8 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 191 Lancasters minelaying off Sassnitz 6/7 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 42 Mosquitos to Berlin 6/7 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 51 Mosquitos continued attak Wesel 6/7 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 87 Lancasters continued attack Wesel 6/7 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 191 Lancasters attacked the port of Sassnitz 6/7 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 7 Mosquitos attack port of Sassnitz 6/7 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 48 Mosquitos attack troops in Wesel 6 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 119 Lancasters carried out a G-H attack 6 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 1 Mosquito lost from a small raid Hallendorf 5/6 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 15 Mosquitos to Gelsenkirchen 5/6 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 75 Mosquitos to Berlin 5/6 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 10 Mosquitos attacked the synthetic-oil refinery at Böhlen 4/5 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 248 Lancasters attacked the synthetic-oil refinery 5/6 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 1 Halifax crashed in York 5/6 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 3 Halifaxes lost at Linton-on-Ouse 5/6 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 6 Mosquitos to continue Operation Thunderclap 5/6 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 256 Halifaxes to continue Operation Thunderclap 5/6 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 498 Lancasters to continue Operation Thunderclap 5/6 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 170 Lancasters raid on Gelsenkirchen 5 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 12 Halifaxes minelaying off Heligoland 4/5 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 28 Mosquitos raid on Essen 4/5 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 31 Mosquitos raid on Berlin 4/5 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 128 Lancasters raid on Wanne-Eickel 4 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 31 Lancasters minelaying Oslo Fjord 3/4 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 31 Lancasters minelaying Kattegat 3/4 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 31 Lancasters minelaying Kattegat 3/4 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 64 Mosquitos raid on Würzburg 3/4 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 64 Mosquitos raid on Berlin 3/4 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 10 Mosquitos attacked the Ladbergen aqueduct 2/3 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 212 Lancasters attacked the Ladbergen aqueduct 3/4 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 21 Lancasters repeated the attack on Kamen 3/4 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 201 Halifaxes repeated the attack on Kamen 3/4 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 6 Mosquitos minelaying Kiel Canal 2/3 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 67 Mosquitos to Berlin 2/3 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 67 Mosquitos to Kassel 2/3 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 40 Mosquitos last raid on Cologne 2 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 303 Halifaxes last raid on Cologne 2 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 531 Lancasters last raid on Cologne 2 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 40 Mosquitos to Erfurt 1/2 March 1945

RAF Bomber Command 55 Mosquitos to Berlin 1/2 March 1945

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