D-Day Experience & Dead Man's Corner Museum
D-Day Experience
An airborne-themed museum on the outskirts of Carentan where you can sit in a C-47 simulator and experience the night flight of the landings.
The D-Day Experience is on the outskirts of Carentan at Dead Man's Corner, the crossroads where the US 101st Airborne Division fought fierce battles with German paratroopers. The original house there has been converted into the Dead Man's Corner Museum, which displays the equipment of paratroopers from both sides. The most popular feature of the new museum is the C-47 flight simulator, where you sit inside a real fuselage and experience flying through anti-aircraft fire toward the drop zone on the night of the landings. There are also films and galleries about the Battle of Carentan. Admission is about 20 euros, and fans of Band of Brothers will find it well worth a visit.
Opening hours
Approx. 9:00 am–7:00 pm (shorter hours in winter)
Nearby sights
- Sainte-Mère-Église & Airborne Museum
- Utah Beach Landing Museum
- La Cambe German War Cemetery
- Pointe du Hoc
- Omaha Beach & Normandy American Cemetery
- Overlord Museum
- Port-en-Bessin
- Memorial Museum of the Battle of Normandy & Bayeux War Cemetery