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Military Tours from London

In Association with British Tours Ltd.

Private tours with guides specializing in the military

Find your Airbase

WWll veterans and their relatives have often taken one of our expert guides to find their old army base

D-Day, Normandy Beaches - Private Aerial Tour 1 day

Fly from England to France for the day in a private twin-engined aircraft for an overland and aerial view of the D-Day landing beaches. Visit Omaha Beach, the American Cemetery at St Laurent, the Pointe de Hoc cliffs, St. Mere Eglise, focal point of the parachute and glider landings made by the 82 and 101, Utah Beach.

A British Tours Ltd guide, specialising in WWll and the Normandy landings, will meet you in the morning at your London hotel and drive you to Fairoaks Airfield in Surrey.

Boarding a twin-engined aircraft, fly over Portsmouth Harbour before crossing the Channel. During the hour's flight your guide, with the help of charts, will brief you on the strategic situation in the European Theatre during the months before D-Day - naval, air, military strengths on both western and eastern fronts; Hitler's command style against Churchill and Roosevelt's and the tactical dilemmas facing both sides.

Landing at Cherbourg Airport in France meet your driver to start an overland tour of the Normandy D-Day Beaches.

Visit Omaha Beach, climb the same bluffs overlooking the beach where German pillboxes remain - some still with their destroyed heavy guns - the American Cemetery at St Laurent where almost 11000 Americans lie buried, and the Pointe de Hoc cliffs scaled by 2 US Rangers on D Day where many of the German gun emplacements remain to give a very clear idea of what was involved on that fateful morning.

Stop at a local fishing port for lunch, and visit St. Mere Eglise, focal point of the parachute and glider landings made by the 82 and 101 US Airborne. See the pretty town square and ancient church with a replica of Private Steel and his parachute caught on the church tower.
On your return flight circle St Mere Eglise, fly low along Utah Beach where 4 US Infantry Division came ashore, the Pointe du Hoc cliffs, and continue along the coast over Omaha Beach. Also Fly over the wreck of Mulberry Harbour - the amount showing depends on the tide but usually some of the caissons are well above the surface.

Head back to coast over Port en Bessin and Arromanches, flying along Gold Beach where British Commandos and the XXX British Corps came ashore, and Juno & Sword Beaches where British Commandos, the 3rd British and 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions came ashore. Turn south to Pegasus Bridge over the Orne Canal and then fly over the Merville Battery and landing grounds for the 6 British Airborne Division.

Cross the English Channel near Chichester and circle over Arundel Castle, then north over Sussex and Surrey before landing at Fairoaks around 7pm - and your drive back to London.

Bring your passports. Above all your cameras and plenty of film/batteries.

Duxford and Madingley Field

Visit the former RAF airbase at Duxford and Madingley Field, dedicated by Cambridge University to the U.S. Servicemen who fell in WWII. Also see.

London Military Tour

Visit the Imperial War Museum, the Cabinet War Rooms - Churchill's fascinating underground headquarters during WWII - and the Royal Air Force Museum telling the story of aviation with aircraft on show.
 

These are private tours. Please email number of people, ages of children, dates, hotel you are staying at in London and we will get back to you with quote for you.

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