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C-47 Skytrains of the 439th Troop Carrier Group preparing to transport the 82nd Airborne to Nijmegen for Operation Market Garden, Juvincourt, France, Sep 8-17 1944General Brian Horrocks of British XXX Corps, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands discuss the upcoming Operation Market Garden at Montgomery’s headquarters in France, 8 Sep 1944.
C-47 Skytrains of the 439th Troop Carrier Group preparing to transport the 82nd Airborne to Nijmegen for Operation Market Garden, Juvincourt, France, Sep 8-17 1944General Brian Horrocks of British XXX Corps, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands discuss the upcoming Operation Market Garden at Montgomery’s headquarters in France, 8 Sep 1944.
82nd Airborne Division loading Jeeps into Waco CG-4A gliders about Sep 14, 1944 for Market Garden on Sep 17. The box in the left Jeep is a SCR-625-C mine detector and a paratrooper bicycle is in the right Jeep25-pdrs guns of 430th Battery of the British 55th Field Regiment supporting British Guards Armoured Division in the bridgehead over the Meuse-Escaut Canal, Hechtel, Belgium, 16 Sep 1944, photo 1 of 2
82nd Airborne Division loading Jeeps into Waco CG-4A gliders about Sep 14, 1944 for Market Garden on Sep 17. The box in the left Jeep is a SCR-625-C mine detector and a paratrooper bicycle is in the right Jeep25-pdrs guns of 430th Battery of the British 55th Field Regiment supporting British Guards Armoured Division in the bridgehead over the Meuse-Escaut Canal, Hechtel, Belgium, 16 Sep 1944, photo 1 of 2
25-pdrs guns of 430th Battery of the British 55th Field Regiment supporting British Guards Armoured Division in the bridgehead over the Meuse-Escaut Canal, Hechtel, Belgium, 16 Sep 1944, photo 2 of 2Infantry of British 50th (Northumbrian) Division moving up past a knocked-out German 88mm gun near
25-pdrs guns of 430th Battery of the British 55th Field Regiment supporting British Guards Armoured Division in the bridgehead over the Meuse-Escaut Canal, Hechtel, Belgium, 16 Sep 1944, photo 2 of 2Infantry of British 50th (Northumbrian) Division moving up past a knocked-out German 88mm gun near 'Joe's Bridge' over the Meuse-Escaut Canal, Belgium, 16 Sep 1944
Montgomery addressing men of the British 15th (Scottish) Division during an investiture ceremony, Geel, Belgium, 16 Sep 1944A group of German prisoners at Wolfheze, Gelderland, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944
Montgomery addressing men of the British 15th (Scottish) Division during an investiture ceremony, Geel, Belgium, 16 Sep 1944A group of German prisoners at Wolfheze, Gelderland, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944
A Loyd carrier of the anti-tank platoon of 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards exploded during British XXX CorpsA photograph taken through the window of a troop carrying glider during Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944; note other Allied aircraft and the Dutch coast in distance
A Loyd carrier of the anti-tank platoon of 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards exploded during British XXX Corps' advance toward Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944A photograph taken through the window of a troop carrying glider during Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944; note other Allied aircraft and the Dutch coast in distance
A Sherman Firefly tank of the UK Irish Guards Group advancing past Sherman tanks knocked out in previous actions, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944Aerial view of Allied aircraft dropping paratroopers over the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944
A Sherman Firefly tank of the UK Irish Guards Group advancing past Sherman tanks knocked out in previous actions, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944Aerial view of Allied aircraft dropping paratroopers over the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944
Aircraft carrying men of the First Allied Airborne Army crossing the English Channel for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944American C-47 aircraft flying over Gheel in Belgium on their way to the Netherlands for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944
Aircraft carrying men of the First Allied Airborne Army crossing the English Channel for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944American C-47 aircraft flying over Gheel in Belgium on their way to the Netherlands for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944
An aerial view of the bridge across the Waal River at Nijmegen, the Netherlands, circa 17-20 Sep 1944An American C-47 aircraft, hit by flak returning from the Market-Garden drop, burning after crash-landing into a knocked-out German Jagdpanther near Gheel, Belgium, 17 Sep 1944
An aerial view of the bridge across the Waal River at Nijmegen, the Netherlands, circa 17-20 Sep 1944An American C-47 aircraft, hit by flak returning from the Market-Garden drop, burning after crash-landing into a knocked-out German Jagdpanther near Gheel, Belgium, 17 Sep 1944
British men of 3rd Platoon, 21st Independent Parachute Company at Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom for Operation Market I, 17 Sep 1944; note background Stirling Mark IV aircraft of 6British paratroopers of 1st Airlanding Reconnaissance Squadron on the ground gathering their parachutes, Arnhem, Gelderland, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944
British men of 3rd Platoon, 21st Independent Parachute Company at Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom for Operation Market I, 17 Sep 1944; note background Stirling Mark IV aircraft of 6British paratroopers of 1st Airlanding Reconnaissance Squadron on the ground gathering their parachutes, Arnhem, Gelderland, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944
British Stirling Mark IV bomber LK115 British troops of the 1st Airborne Division aboard C-47 transport aircraft for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944
British Stirling Mark IV bomber LK115 '8S-Z' of 295 Squadron RAF taking off from Harwell, Oxfordshire, England, UK towing an Airspeed Horsa glider, 17 Sep 1944British troops of the 1st Airborne Division aboard C-47 transport aircraft for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944

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