The formation continued to train in the UK until the summer of 1944 when, with some 4,000 troops under command, it moved to Normandy, joining 21st Army Group at Falaise on 30 August.
The 474th FG was the last of the Ninth Air Force's 18 fighter groups to move to an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) in France, departing from Warmwell for St. Lambert, France (ALG A-11) during the first week of August 1944, the main body of aircraft departing on 6 August.
Arriving in Normandy in July 1944, the brigade saw service in the battles that took the Canadians from Caen to Falaise.
Alain Ferté (born 8 October 1955 in Falaise, Calvados) is a professional racing driver.
Banville, Calvados, a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in north-western France
In August 1944, during a battle near Falaise, Dickson's right leg was hit by friendly fire and had to be amputated.
Bus Verts du Calvados is a network of interurban buses in the département of Calvados, France.
The Conseil General of Calvados and Devon County Council signed a Twinning Charter in 1971 to develop links with the English county of Devon.
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Its etymology is most likely derived from the Salvador, a ship from the Spanish Armada that sank by the rocks near Arromanches-les-bains in 1588.
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The Bayeux Tapestry is on display in Bayeux and makes the city one of the most-visited tourist destinations in Normandy.
The famous Pegasus Bridge (aka "Ham"), from D-Day, June 6, 1944, crossed the canal near the village of Bénouville.
Tiger Ace — Set in Villers-Bocage, the episode is a backstory of Kampfgruppe Lehr commander Major-General Maximillian Voss and Hauptmann Josef Schultz who is the main antagonist in the original.
On June 13, they advanced with a battalion of the 1st Rifle Brigade by road from Villers-Bocage and were ambushed by a detachment of Tiger tanks.
de Vesci (Vescy, Vecey, Vesey, Vessey, Veasie, Veazey and Veasey) is the surname of an old Norman noble family originating from Vassy, Calvados.
The castle had been founded in the late 11th century by Ivo de Vesci, a Norman nobleman from Vassy, Calvados in Normandy.
In some cases, such as at Cagny in Normandy, these units achieved significant success against attacking Allied armored vehicles.
Lafresnaye was born into an aristocratic family at Chateau de La Fresnaye in Falaise, Normandy.
When William was captured at Alnwick in 1174, Gille Brigte too became a hostage, and shared William's fate as a prisoner at Falaise.
Guy Lefèvre de la Boderie (b. near Falaise, Calvados in Normandy, 9 August 1541; d. in 1598 in the house in which he was born) was a French Orientalist, Bible scholar and poet.
Amiens, Dieppe, Falaise, Caen, Orléans, and Rheims were all seized by rebels who followed the pattern established by Rouen and Paris.
Born in Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir, Quebec, the son of Felix Rainville, a farmer of French descent from Touques (Calvados), and Marie Daignault, Rainville obtained his elementary and classical education at the colleges of St. Hyacinthe and Ste.
Founded in 1904, the municipality of Honfleur is similar to Honfleur, city in Calvados, Normandie, where many sailors came from during the 16th and 17th century to North America.
During the Battle of Normandy, the Corps was used to spearhead the British-Canadian advance from Caen to Falaise.
Born at Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados (Normandy) to a notary father, Thouret became an avocat at the parlement of Rouen in 1773, and in 1787 produced a much-approved report on the state of Normandy.
Louis Alphonse de Brébisson (1798–1888) was a French botanist and photographer born in Falaise, Calvados.
He was born in Calvados, France, the son of the American Charles Albert Parker, who was a grandson of American congressman and judge Isaac Parker, and the Englishwoman Elizabeth Moray.
Louis-Karim Nébati (born August 25, 1971) is a French actor, born in Bénouville (Calvados).
The town of Lynton and Lynmouth is twinned with Bénouville in France.
Michel Ferté (born December 8, 1958 in Falaise, Calvados) is a professional racing driver.
It is situated in the suburb of Caen in the town of Mondeville.
The affix "Longville" was added in the 13th century after the Cluniac priory of Longueville, Calvados, in Normandy, France, that held the manor of Newton at that time, and to distinguish this village from other places called Newton, particularly nearby Newton Blossomville.
The priory of Newton Longville was founded by Walter Giffard as a cell to St. Faith's at Longueville near Rouen.
"Histoire Vache" - In Villers-Bocage in Normandy, Eric loses his virginity to Marguerite who works at the abattoir.
From June 1944 he led his regiment in Normandy, and distinguished himself in the fighting in the Avranches area and the breakout from Falaise (Falaise Pocket) for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross.
Philippe Duron has also been the mayor of Louvigny (Calvados), and was elected mayor of Caen on 16 March 2008.
Desceliers' father was an archer at the Chateau d’Arques and his family possibly originated from the d’Auge area, where the family name survives between Honfleur and Pont-l’Évêque.
Born in La Boissière, Calvados, Lambert de la Motte was recruited by Alexander de Rhodes as a secular clergy volunteer to become a missionary in Asia, together with François Pallu and Ignace Cotolendi.
Pierre Polinière (8 September 1671, Coulonces, France – 9 February 1734, Coulonces, France) was an early investigator of electricity and electrical phenomena, notably "barometric light", a form of gas-discharge light, which suggested the possibility of electric lighting.
Repentigny, Calvados, a commune of the département of Calvados, in France
An early reference to the de Luci family refers to the render by Henry I of the Lordship of Dice, Norfolk to Richard de Luci, Governor of Falaise, Normandy, after defending it with great valour and heroic conduct when besieged by Geoffrey, Earl of Anjou.
Robert de Flers (Robert Pellevé de La Motte-Ango, marquis de Flers) (25 November 1872, Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados – 30 July 1927, Vittel) was a French playwright, opera librettist, and journalist.
Fitzhamon was freed, and joined Henry's campaign, which proceeded to besiege Falaise.
The La Fresnayes were an aristocratic family whose ancestral home, the Château de La Fresnaye, is in Falaise.
Roger was probably born around 1115 and was a native of Pont-l'Évêque in Normandy.
Located just north of Saint-Pierre-du-Mont along the English Channel coast, it was a United States Army Air Force temporary airfield established shortly after the D-Day landings in France.
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Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield which is located in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northern France.
He was probably born in Falaise, Calvados, where his grandfather, the tosafist Samson ben Joseph, called "the Elder", lived.
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He studied under Rabbeinu Tam at Troyes and David ben Kalonymus of Münzenberg, and for ten years attended the Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac ben Samuel ha-Zaken (the Ri) of Dampierre, after whose death he took charge of the yeshiva of Sens. The Rosh said of him that only Rabbeinu Tam and Rabbi Isaac ben Samuel exercised greater influence upon Talmudical studies in France and in Germany during the 13th century.
Sidney Bates grave can be found in the Bayeux Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Calvados, France.
Major David Vivian Currie of the SAR received the Victoria Cross for his actions near Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives, as the allies attempted to seal off the Falaise pocket.
Umfraville is the name of an English baronial family, derived from Amfreville in Normandy.
They are based in the town of Mondeville and their home stadium is the Stade Michel Farré, which has a capacity of 2,500 spectators.
Vassy, Calvados, a commune in the Calvados département, France
In 2013 she sets her personal best in the 60 metres hurdles on Mondeville, France, with the crono of 8.06, sixth world best of the year at that day.
Villers-Bocage, Calvados, in the Calvados département, and the site of the Battle of Villers-Bocage
He is first recorded as a financial clerk in Normandy in 1202, and then later that same year as holding a church in Falaise.
On 6 June 1944 (D-Day), Kriegsberichter Sassen was at the front in Normandy reporting the battles around Caen, Bayeux, Saint-Lô, Avranches, Falaise and Lisieux.
William de Falaise (11th century), also called William of Falaise, was a Norman from Falaise, Normandy, today in the Calvados department in the Lower Normandy region of north-western France.
From William's name, it is presumed that he was a native of Sainte-Barbe-en-Auge in Calvados in Normandy.
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In this context, the community is associated with the General Council of Calvados in a joint union called Viacités, the transport organizing authority of the agglomeration, to whom it delegates its public transport network - the bus and tram network Twisto.
Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy (née Boyvin d'Hardancourt, 13 December 1744 Paris – 5 December 1824 Villers-sur-Mer, Calvados) was a French musician and composer.
Beurre d'Isigny is a type of cow's milk butter made in the Veys Bay area and the valleys of the rivers running into it, comprising several French communes surrounding Isigny-sur-Mer and straddling the Manche and Calvados departments of northern France.
Bikala was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion at the Haras du Val Henry near Tortisambert, Calvados.
The Château de Creully is an 11th- and 12th-century castle located in the town of Creully in the Calvados département of France.
The château de Guernon-Ranville is located in Le Bas de Ranville in the village of Ranville, in the Calvados region Calvados of Lower Normandy in France.
Royal Rose (*1998), Dutch Warmblood, Stallion, Father: Calvados, Owner: Steven Whitaker
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Equimax Ocolado (* 1996), Dutch Warmblood, Gelding, Father: Habsburg, Mother's Father: Calvados, Owners: Dawn Makin & Steven Whitaker
The Haras d'Ouilly is a renowned horse breeding farm in Pont-d'Ouilly, Calvados in the Basse-Normandie region of France established in the 19th century.
Haras de Saint Pair du Mont is a Thoroughbred horse breeding farm at Le Cadran near Cambremer in Calvados, Normandy.
He was born at Honfleur (Calvados) on the 28th of December 1864, and was educated in Paris for law.
The name comes from the archbishop of Quebec, cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin, (1840-1925) whose ancestor came from Saint-Léonard-de-Honfleur, archdiocise of Lisieux, also situated in Calvados.
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (born June 3, 1937 in Caen, Calvados) is a French former racing driver, more famous for winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1978 and 1980.
The house is located in Hermanville-sur-Mer, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, a seaside hamlet of 2,661 (at the 1999 census) in north-western France.
Robert Fitzhamon (died March 1107), or Robert FitzHamon, Sieur de Creully in the Calvados region and Torigny in the Manche region of Normandy, was Lord of Gloucester and the Norman conqueror of Glamorgan, southern Wales.