A chance encounter, meeting the daughter a MIA C-47 pilot

A chance encounter, meeting the daughter a MIA C-47 pilot

On the 17th of September 1944 at the start of Operation Market Garden C-47 "Chevelet" was heading towards the Netherlands, on board were ten pathfinders of the 101st Airborne division and five crewmembers. Their destination was drop zone A1 at Veghel where the pathfinders were to jump and then mark out the area for the 1st battalion of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment which were to land there. (more…)
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