Lest we forget-Operation Market Garden

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antoine
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Lest we forget-Operation Market Garden

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Yesterday, the annual remembrance flights of Operation Market Garden near Arnhem took place, dropping hundreds of paratroopers on a heath also used in 1944.
On this occasion, 3 USAFE Hercs, 1 RAF Herc, 1 C-47 and 1 German Transall (nowadays we're friends again) transported the paras.
Here are some pictures made during the droppings.

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I hope that you'll like them.

Greetings,
Antoine

P.S. Thanks for the sacrifices made by the Polish and British liberators.

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Nice selection.
The last one is great :smile:

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Nice shots, but not only British and Polish Para's took place, but the Yanks provided some, and didn't the Canuck's too?
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Very nice Antoine. Was expected to run into you at Eindhoven but alas! :wink:

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Last one really nicely composed :clap:

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dazzagreenwood wrote:Nice shots, but not only British and Polish Para's took place, but the Yanks provided some, and didn't the Canuck's too?


At Arnhem there were only British paratroopers and Polish ones, the Americans were dropped off near Nijmegen and Son (near Eindhoven) trying to hold the bridges there, to give way for a fast move forward by groundtroops towards Arnhem from the South. However things weren't as easy as calculated. :sad: You can learn more about this disaster in the famous movie "A bridge too far".


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Lovely. I really fancy going to see this one year. :biggrin:

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Last shot is great! Thanks for sharing.

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Fantastic last shot :clap: :clap:
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