Caption | US Army Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe speaking to his glider pilots, England, United Kingdom, 18 Sep 1944; note C-47 Skytrain and CG-4A glider aircraft in background ww2dbase | ||||||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||||||
Identification Code | ARC 531246 | ||||||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 18 Sep 1944 | ||||||||||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Visitor Submitted Comments
2. P Elie says:
4 Sep 2009 04:17:16 AM
The date of the caption is wrong. this picture was taken in september 1944 just before Market-garden.
You can see the american flag on the shoulder of BG McAuliffe. flag which was not used by 101st A/B in Normandy
4 Sep 2009 04:17:16 AM
The date of the caption is wrong. this picture was taken in september 1944 just before Market-garden.
You can see the american flag on the shoulder of BG McAuliffe. flag which was not used by 101st A/B in Normandy
3. Anonymous says:
24 Oct 2011 07:17:23 AM
Note the CG-4A port wing and cockpit in background, left.
24 Oct 2011 07:17:23 AM
Note the CG-4A port wing and cockpit in background, left.
4. mike skidmore says:
30 Aug 2017 02:14:06 PM
my father should be in this photo,he flew the market garden mission and d-day plus 1 how can I get a high resolution photo/file so i can blow it up? glider Pilot F/O Charles E. Skidmore Jr. 439th tcg 91 sqdn,
30 Aug 2017 02:14:06 PM
my father should be in this photo,he flew the market garden mission and d-day plus 1 how can I get a high resolution photo/file so i can blow it up? glider Pilot F/O Charles E. Skidmore Jr. 439th tcg 91 sqdn,
5. David Stubblebine says:
30 Aug 2017 08:08:29 PM
Mike Skidmore (above):
See: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brigadier_General_Anthony_C._McAuliffe,_artillery_commander_of_the_101st_Airborne_Division,_gives_glider_pilots_last-minute_instructions_in_England_for_Operation_Market-Garden_on_September_18,_1944_on_D_plus_1_of_operations.jpg
30 Aug 2017 08:08:29 PM
Mike Skidmore (above):
See: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brigadier_General_Anthony_C._McAuliffe,_artillery_commander_of_the_101st_Airborne_Division,_gives_glider_pilots_last-minute_instructions_in_England_for_Operation_Market-Garden_on_September_18,_1944_on_D_plus_1_of_operations.jpg
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