Location: 

Plymouth

Operator

Travel England Tours Ltd

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Part 1:  American Prisoner of War Graves

Hear the story of the War of 1812 (2^nd War of Independence) and the American Prisoners of War who were kept on Hulk Ships on Plymouth Sound.

Visit American Prisoner of War Graves behind the walls of Dartmoor Prison, originally built in 1806 as an American Prisoner of War Camp to house American and French prisoners.

Part 2:  Slapton Sands on Devon coast

Local tea/coffee on arrival where we see and hear from our expert guide where this tragic story unfolded, which is  one of the biggest secrets of WWII and resulted in the loss of up to 1000 US Military personnel whilst training on Operation Tiger – 27^th and 28^th April 1944 in the build up to D-Day landings.

Traditional English lunch on arrival at Upottery.

Visit Upottery Airfield, to see the original Nissen Huts and Museum of the 101^st American Airborne where our expert guide will detail their mission in the D-day landings.  Drive down the runway where these brave young paratroopers took off before being dropped behind the enemy lines in Normandy France on the morning of 6^th June 1944.

Experience your own group’s personal American flag raising ceremony which includes an emotional roll call of Easy Company Paratroopers’ names who tragically died on D-day along with the Band of Brothers theme tune.

Part 3:  Normandy Hill

See where the American Military Base was situated pre and post D-day.  Walk down the US Army’s Route 23 from Normandy Hill to Saltash Passage where the 5^th and 7^th Corps embarked their ships for their final journey to Utah and Omaha beaches on D-Day.

Traditional English cream tea in Plymouth.

The Highlights:  

• Travel England Tours specialise in military history tours
• Groups’ personal American flag raising ceremony
• In-depth stories of American Servicemen in England
• Expert guide detailed story about Dartmoor Prison American War Graves
• Expert guide detailed story about Exercise Tiger at Slapton Sands
• Expert guide detailed stories of Band of Brothers at Upottery Airfield
• Saltash Passage – American D-Day embarkation point
• Plymouth Hoe – including Mayflower Steps

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Price

From £145.00 per person (for min. 4). 1 – 4 people tour price £580.00. Transport included.    

Group Size

Min. 2 max. 4 

Contact

Ian Rutherford / Sarah Rutherford

www.travelenglandtours.com
+44 208 434 3549 / +44 7966 054684
Sarah@travelenglandtours.com