Operation Market Garden

September 18, 1944

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Slide208.jpgPuritanical Witch flying low over Holland during Operation Market Garden
Slide207.jpgSupply chutes open from a B-24
12661861_970581412988953_7703480809316938941_n.jpgChutes drop during Market Garden
Slide206.jpgSupply chutes open from B-24s dropping supplies to landed paratroopers
Supply Drop Best Holland.pngSupply Drop Best Holland
941132_636781663014541_1813345415_n.jpgOperation Market Garden Low-Level Resupply - Supply chutes drop from bomb bays
Slide209.jpgDrop zone for Operation Market Garden low-level resupply
Slide205.jpgDrop zone area for Operation Market Garden
Slide204.jpgNetherlands Supplies Dropped form Air to Paratroopers Fighting in Area near Best, Holland 9/18/44

Notes: You can see the chutes are different colors to designate different types of supplies. Ground is very flat and looks like England – it’s why…

Slide203.jpgNetherlands Supplies Dropped form Air to Paratroopers Fighting in Area near Best, Holland 9/18/44

Notes: Bombers far into the horizon dropping supplies. Some chutes already on drop zone.

Slide202.jpgNetherlands Supplies Dropped form Air to Paratroopers Fighting in Area near Best, Holland 9/18/44

Notes: You can see 2 chutes coming out. Looks like they are turning to get out of area near Best.

Slide197.jpgOperation Market Garden Drop Zones 44th Dropped at Best to 101st AB (Source – Online, Google Search)

Notes: 44th BG dropped to the 101st (having trouble figuring out which it was).

Drop Zones Market Garden.pngDrop Zones Market Garden
Slide213.jpgC-47s of 9th Troop Carrier Command Lined up on Field in Holland – September 44

Notes: Not sure why they were in Holland just after Market Garden. Can see planes in air. Gets at scale of war.

Slide201.jpgFlying Low, Lib Crew Spots Wrecked C-47 and Dinghy in Lake 9/18/44

Notes: On Operation Market Garden supply run.

Slide200.jpgB-24s Over Flooded Dutch Countryside on Way to Airborne Army on 9/18/44

Note: There are accounts from guys in the 44th of the flooded country in the Netherlands.

Slide198.jpgDrop Zones and Landing Zones for Market Garden

Notes: Labeled boundaries of drop zone and Paulshoef where the 506th landed and where 44th dropped supplies. Think the forest below is where we see…

Slide196.jpgDrop Zones and Landing Zones for Market Garden

Notes: 9/18/44. Not clear which of the drop zones the 44th went to.

Map Best Drop Zone.pngMap Best Drop Zone
Slide199.jpgDutch Welcome – Dutch Seen Waving to Welcome Allied Forces on 9/18/44 as they Drop Supplies for Operation Market Garden

Notes: 44th narratives about seeing Dutch wave below. Quintessentially Dutch scene with windmills. People standing on base of windmill and on ground.…

Dutch Windmills and Civilians Waving During Supply Drop.pngDutch Windmills and Civilians Waving During Supply Drop
44th BG Puritanical Bitch Dropping Supplies Mkt Garden.png44th BG Puritanical Bitch Dropping Supplies Mkt Garden
Bombers Dropping Supplies Over Forested Area.pngBombers Dropping Supplies Over Forested Area
Close Up of Chutes Dropping Behind Bomber.pngClose Up of Chutes Dropping Behind Bomber
Chutes Dropping Over Netherlands.pngChutes Dropping Over Netherlands
Chutes Dropping Over Forest Holland.pngChutes Dropping Over Forest Holland
Chutes Dropping Market Garden - Sky Filled with Chutes.pngChutes Dropping Market Garden - Sky Filled with Chutes
Chutes Dropping 9.18.44.pngChutes Dropping 9.18.44
Slide210.jpgLanded gliders in Holland
Gliders Market Garden.pngGliders Market Garden
Slide211.jpgNetherlands – Dirt and flame spurt as flak damaged 8th AF Consolidated B-24 Liberator plows into Holland Field
Downed Bomber Mkt Garden.pngDowned Bomber Mkt Garden
C-47s Market Garden.pngC-47s Market Garden
Market Garden C47 Downed in Lake in Holland.pngMarket Garden C47 Downed in Lake in Holland
Bridge at Arnhem Bombed and in Half.pngBridge at Arnhem Bombed and in Half
B24 Over Dutch Countryside 9.18.44 Flying to Drop Supplies for Airborne Army.pngB24 Over Dutch Countryside 9.18.44 Flying to Drop Supplies for Airborne Army
Gliders Collected after Market Garden.pngGliders Collected after Market Garden
Slide212.jpgHighway Bridge at Arnhem After B-26 Bombing and A-20 Havocs

Notes: Both ends of Bridge Rest on River while Middle Section Broke and Fell into Neder River. Negative received 11/27/44. Probably captured around…

Slide215.jpgOperation Market Garden – Landing Zone for 501st PIR of 101st Airborne in Best, Holland Area + Supply Chutes the Farmer Dug up from Property after War

Notes: Looking away from farmer’s property at the drop zone and landing zone fields. The owner was a young boy during the war and gave the…

Slide214.jpgOperation Market Garden – Landing Zone for 501st PIR of 101st Airborne in Best, Holland Area

Notes: Farmer labeled his roof to help paratroopers find landing zone.

Best Holland with Dad.pngBest Holland with Dad

Operation Market Garden