Bunker • British Sector
Merville Battery
Merville-Franceville-Plage
Objective of Lt. Col. Otway's 9th Parachute Battalion, neutralised at dawn.
Considered a direct threat to Sword Beach, Merville Battery was assaulted on the night of 5–6 June by 150 British paratroopers out of the 650 planned. The museum now displays an authentic C-47 Dakota, “SNAFU Special.”