Operation Varsity Low-Level Resupply
Title
Operation Varsity Low-Level Resupply
Description
One of three low-level missions flown by the 44th BG - of their 343 wartime missions.
Date
March 24, 1945
Collection Items
Gliders and Paratrooper Chutes Littering Landing Zone over Wesel, Germany as Part of Operation Varsity
Low Level Resupply Mission, March 24, 1945, Chutes Dropping on Field
Varsity Supply Chutes Dropping from 506 Squadron FormationNote: Footage taken from Pellow's bomber
Supply Chutes Dropping Over Wesel
March 24, 1945, Low Level Resupply, Rhine Crossing, Farm,C rashed Bomber, Chute Hanging on Building
Operation Varsity Low Level Resupply 3/24/45 Chutes Dropping Notes: Immediately after the troop carrier planes set the airborne troops down at Wesel, B-24s followed with a supply drop during the airborne…
Still of supply chutes dropping from bombers, captured by Ursel Harvell, photographic officer, filming the mission
Low Level Resupply Mission, March 24, 1945, Supply Chutes after they Dropped
Supply chutes dropped by B-24s
Leaving Continent, Cliffs of England Visible, March 24, 1945, Southern Comfort III
B-24 flying low over the Dutch countryside during the Operation Varsity low-level resupply mission. A windmill is visible below the bomber, showing how low the mission was flown.
Enemy flak guns on the ground in vicinity of Wesel, Germany
Burns and Right Wing into Target
Burns Crew and Right Wing
Harvell Varsity Footage - Still of Chandler and Burns Crew
Operation Varsity Bombers Flying Low
Low Level Resupply Mission, March 24, 1945, Looks Like Defensive Line
A downed C-47 is ablaze on the ground at Wesel, Germany, blowing black plumes of smoke during the Operation Varsity invasion.
4/24/45. 506 Squadron Bombers fly over Norfolk near Holkem Hall.Down de Hatch, Clean Sweep, Big Headed Kid
Gliders landed on German fields in and around Wesel, Germany during the Operation Varsity invasion.
Low Level Resupply Mission, March 24, 1945, Glider Landed in Field
Low Level Resupply Mission, March 24, 1945, Gliders Landed on Field
Pontoon Bridge Across the Rhine
Bridge over river Rhine and diagram orienting landmarks along the river
Pontoon bridge erected across the Rhine after Operation Varsity
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