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Gliders and Paratrooper Chutes Littering Landing Zone over Wesel, Germany as Part of Operation Varsity

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Low Level Resupply Mission, March 24, 1945, Chutes Dropping on Field

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Varsity Supply Chutes Dropping from 506 Squadron Formation

Note: Footage taken from Pellow's bomber

Supply Chutes Dropping Over Wesel

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March 24, 1945, Low Level Resupply, Rhine Crossing, Farm,C rashed Bomber, Chute Hanging on Building

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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 operation across the Rhine.

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

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Supply chutes dropped by B-24s

Leaving Continent, Cliffs of England Visible, March 24, 1945, Southern Comfort III

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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

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Burns Crew and Right Wing

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Harvell Varsity Footage - Still of Chandler and Burns Crew

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Operation Varsity Bombers Flying Low

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Low Level Resupply Mission, March 24, 1945, Looks Like Defensive Line

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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

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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

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Low Level Resupply Mission, March 24, 1945, Gliders Landed on Field

Low Level Resupply Mission, March 24, 1945, Gliders Landed on Field.jpeg

Pontoon Bridge Across the Rhine

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Bridge over river Rhine and diagram orienting landmarks along the river

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Pontoon bridge erected across the Rhine after Operation Varsity

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