Gold Beach Museum, Bayeux
Located in the centre of Ver Sur Mer, the Gold Beach Museum, also known as Musee America, commemorates the 2 historically significant events of the 20thcentury that took place here – the first trans-Atlantic mail flight from USA to Europe crash-landed in the sea here in 1927, and D-Day landings of Operation Overlord by the 69th brigade of the British Northumbrian Infantry Division happened in 1944..
Located in the centre of Ver Sur Mer, the Gold Beach Museum, also known as Musee America, commemorates the 2 historically significant events of the 20thcentury that took place here – the first trans-Atlantic mail flight from USA to Europe crash-landed in the sea here in 1927, and D-Day landings of Operation Overlord by the 69th brigade of the British Northumbrian Infantry Division happened in 1944.
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About Gold Beach Museum
2 Place de l'Amiral Byrd, 14114 Ver-sur-Mer, France
+33 2 31 22 58 58
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