Glider landing zone at Wolfheze

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Glider landing zone at Wolfheze

Description

Reconnaissance photograph of gliders which have landed in a field, showing skid marks. The majority of the gliders are Horsa's, with three of the larger Hamilcar gliders visible in the field to the right. This is drop zone Z for Operation Market Garden. Some Horsa's have overshot and landed in the wood near the Utrecht-Arnhem railway line which is in the top left. The asylum is amongst the woodland to the top of the photograph. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form: no better quality copies are available.

Date

1944-09

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One b/w photograph

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“Glider landing zone at Wolfheze,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed December 2, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/377.

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