The crash of C47B/43-48400
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Facinating story and great pics, Peter, thank you for sharing. It`s amazing you have a piece of the plane too!

 

(note: this plane was part of the 3rd lift of the 82 A/B heading to the area of Nijmegen. The 101st A/B landed in Peter`s area near Eindhoven)

 

Sadly it wasnt the only one lost that day, there were 10 gliders unaccounted for.

 

Quoting some data from:

 

A GRAPHIC HISTORY

OF THE 82nd AIRBORNE DIVISION

 

82D AIRBORNE DIVISION

OPERATION MARKET

HISTORICAL DATA

 

totals for all lifts

 

Glider Lifts, Number, Percent

 

Gliders committed, 902

Landed on or within 1000 yards of LZ, 763 84.6

Failed to land on or within 1000 yards of LZ , 102 11.3

Unaccounted for, 37 4.1

 

 

narative for the date

 

D PLUS 6, 23 September

 

On this date the third glider lift of the Division took: off from six airfields in the

Greptham~Cottesmore Langer area bearing 325 Glider Infantry;

80th A/B Antiaircraft Battalion, less Batteries A and B; Company A 307A/B Engineer Battalion;

and elements of Division Special Troops, and landed on and in the vicinity of LZ "O"

A number of gliders did not land on the proper landing zone;

two landed in England, and forty-three were released between the

coast and the LZ. Ten gliders are still unaccounted for.

Immediately upon landing, the 325.Glider Infantry was closed in the woods

West ofGroesbeek preparatory to taking up a sector on the front.

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The crash of C47B/43-48400 - by peter - 07-07-2009, 03:48 PM
The crash of C47B/43-48400 - by SonofaMP - 07-07-2009, 11:15 PM
The crash of C47B/43-48400 - by peter - 07-08-2009, 03:36 PM
The crash of C47B/43-48400 - by Walt's Daughter - 07-08-2009, 04:32 PM

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