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Netherlands 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.
Netherlands 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 Holland was chosen.
Highway 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 Market Garden.
Flying Low, Lib Crew Spots Wrecked C-47 and Dinghy in Lake 9/18/44
Notes: On Operation Market Garden supply run.
Dutch 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. Most Dutch farms had several farm houses clustered around windmill.
C-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.
B-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.