The 8th Alert

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This name refers to the alert triggered at 1:30 p.m. on June 6, 1944, during D-Day. On that day, Caen was a key objective for the British troops, while the Canadians were tasked with capturing the Carpiquet airfield.

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The Allied bombers were assigned the mission of destroying the bridges over the Orne in order to block German reinforcements. Unfortunately, the strikes, carried out from high altitude, led to the destruction of much of the city, causing over 2,000 civilian casualties, including 335 during the afternoon bombing.

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Price :Free, included in the museum admission fee.

Boston Mission

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Take your seat in the cockpit of our Dakota C-47 and relive the operation carried out by the 82nd Airborne Division during the night of June 5–6, 1944.

This historic mission aimed to drop troops near Sainte-Mère-Église to prepare the Allied advance on the Normandy beaches.

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Price : 10€ 

(includes access to the cockpit + Mission Boston)