The Robert Family House, Ranville France - June 6th 1944

Discussion in 'Airborne' started by Cee, Jul 6, 2017.

  1. Cee

    Cee Senior Member Patron

    There's a fairly new upload to the Pegasus Archive of the Robert family home in the Bourg-Neuf neighbourhood of Ranville said to belong to the first family liberated on D-Day.

    Pegasus Archive - Robert Family House

    It can be seen on Google Street View pretty much as it was in 1944 though a little worse for wear with the passing years. I don't have a detailed earlier aerial so I used one from July 1944. It was very close to the 6th Airborne HQ.

    Robert Family House Ranville-1.JPG Robert Family House Ranville-2.jpg Robert Family House Ranville July 5th 1944.jpg

    Granddaughter Nathalie Monsaint-Baudrye is seeking information on the Airborne men that entered the house with their stricken companion. The home was on the route many men took travelling from their RV's to the Bas de Ranville. The building was recognized with a plaque put up by the 6th Airborne that as since been removed. I won't attach the original photo which can be seen at the above link due to copyright concerns.

    Regards ...

    Update - Dec. 3, 2020

    Author and film maker Clement Horvath recently released his very moving mini-documentary on the events that occurred at the Robert Family home near Ranville on June 6th during the D-Day drop. It features the story of Signalman Danny Lyons, his offer of chocolate to 5 year old Therese Robert and their emotional reunion many years later.

    Available for view in this thread:

    My first mini-documentary about a beautiful and unknown story of D-Day!
     
    Last edited: Dec 4, 2020
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