Telephone: +33 (0)2-33414135
Website: http://www.airborne-museum.org
Shop: small shop present
Restaurant/refreshments: not available
Size of the museum/site: small
Year of visit: 1999
Overall rating:
Description: Opposite the church (where one of the paratroopers got stuck with his parachute during the memorable dropping of the night of the 5th of June 1944) on the central square of Sainte Mère Eglise, lies the small but interesting Airborne Museum.
The museum consists of two buildings. One houses a Waco Glider plane, with several hand-weapons, the other contains a well preserved Dakota, which was used to drop paratroopers and to pull gliders to their landing zone. The museum also displays various personal items, donated by veterans who actually fought in and around Sainte Mère Eglise. This all making for a very lively exhibition.
