Stichting Recreatie Veluwe & Vallei organiseert op zaterdag 2 augustus de derde editie van de Para-Glider Wandeltocht. Wandelaars volgen routes in de voetsporen van Britse parachutisten tijdens ...
After the troops his glider was carrying dispersed for the front near Arnhem, he spent a week patrolling the area before suffering wounds to his face and head. When the evacuation order was given as ...
A Halifax aircraft towing a Hamilcar Glider near Blandford, Dorset in 1944/5 I joined 298 Squadron based in Dorset in September 1944. I was a pilot flying a 4 engine Halifax Bomber. I was first called ...
HE was among 35,000 men who fought the Germans for nine long days in one of the bloodiest battles of World War Two. But 80 years on, Geoff Roberts, now 99, was the only one left to return to the Dutch ...
Two heroes killed in the Second World War 80 years ago were finally laid to rest yesterday. Glider pilot Lieutenant Dermod Anderson, who was 36, and Private Henry Moon, 21, were buried at the ...
A WW2 hero being buried today in Arnhem was only identified when a Liverpool University tie was found with his body. Lieutenant Dermod Anderson was killed during the Battle of Arnhem 80 years ago, in ...
A man has written a book about his late father's involvement in the special forces during the Second World War. Sergeant Frank Hughes was a pilot in the Glider Pilot Regiment and involved in Operation ...
Nick Hubers (35) uit Huissen wordt nieuwe burgemeester Wierden: ‘Blij en trots’ Vrijwilligers gezocht voor Nationale Natuurwerkdag in Arnhem en omgeving Vrijwilligers gezocht voor Nationale ...
References: “Above and Beyond – The Canadians’ War in the Air, 1939-45”, By Spencer Dunmore, Published by McClelland and Stewart Inc., Toronto, 1996 ISBN 0-7710-2928-4 The 1977 movie, “A Bridge Too ...
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Frank Ashleigh, een bekende veteraan van de Slag om Arnhem, is maandag op 98-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat heeft de Britse Glider Pilot Regiment Society bekendgemaakt op Facebook. Sergeant Frank ...
Tributes have been paid to the youngest airman to take part in the ill-fated Operation Market Garden in the Second World War after his death aged 98. Sergeant Frank Ashleigh was a 19-year-old glider ...
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