Normandy 1944
Angoville-au-Plain church
GuideNormandy 1944
AreaCarentan & the causeways
Time to allow30 min
LocationExact spot known
GPS49.34930, -1.25330
The story
Easy's reserve sector 7–10 June. The church became an airborne aid station where two 101st medics, Wright and Moore, treated wounded of both sides; the bloodstained pews survive.
What to look for
A small village church — quiet, free, and one of the most moving stops in the Cotentin.
Plan your visit
Free · daylight
Nearby sites
- Vierville (Cotentin) · 1 km
- St-Côme-du-Mont · 2 km
- Dead Man's Corner / D-Day Experience · 3 km
- Douve / Dead Man's Corner sector · 3 km
- Sainte-Marie-du-Mont · 4 km
- Purple Heart Lane / Carentan causeway · 4 km
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Easy Company: Normandy
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Normandy campaign of June–July 1944, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne, from the night drop and Brécourt Manor to Utah Beach and Carentan, with Omaha, Pointe du Hoc, the British and Canadian beaches and the best museums along the way.
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