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Project 65 has been created to honour D-Day Veterans in particular the men who took part in the Coup de Main operation to capture the bridges over the Caen Canal and River Orne in the first combat operation of D-Day 65 years ago. The bridges are nowadays known as Pegasus and Horsa Bridges.
THEY DID IT!!!!
at precisely 0016hrs on Saturday 6th June 2009, almost 200 sponsored runners completed an epic run from Tarrant Rushton Airfield in Dorset to Pegasus Bridge, Normandy - a distance of 65miles!
The aim of the RUN TO PEGASUS is to raise funds for the care and support of those wounded whilst on active duty in the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and British Army.
PLEASE help PROJECT 65 to reach it's £500,000 target by giving what you can. To donate, click on the fundraising dial at the top of this page. Alternatively, cheques can be made payable to 'Project 65' and sent to:
PROJECT 65, 15 Blenheim Road, Shortstown, Bedford MK42 0UY
THANK YOU!
The money raised will be split between the following service charities:
- The Royal British Legion
- BLESMA
- St Dunstan’s
- RAF Benevolent Fund
- Army Benevolent Fund
- Help for Heroes
These service charities are critical in continuing the requisite help and care to disabled and wounded men and women of today’s Armed Forces.
Project65 honours the memory of the men who took part in the Coup de Main operation to capture the bridges on the Caen Canal and the River Ome in the early hours of D-Day 65 years ago.
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The PROJECT 65 Run to Pegasus is an historic 65mile challenge run from Dorset to Normandy for the 65th anniversary of D-Day 2009. The aim of the run is two fold: To replicate the Pegasus Bridge operation of D-Day 'man-for-man' and to raise £500,000 for the care and support of wounded armed forces veterans. If you like a challenge, join us today!