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Photo Report Airborne Commemorations Renkum and Heelsum 17 September 2021
On September 17, 2021, the Airborne commemoration was held at the landing areas near Renkum at the beginning of the afternoon. It was then exactly 77 years ago that the first paratroopers and gliders of the 1st Airborne Division landed here. In the evening the commemoration took place at the Airborne memorial in Heelsum.
Renkum
Heelsum
Photo's
Renkum: Arjan Vrieze
Heelsum: Liesbeth Vrieze
Renkum
Heelsum
Photo's
Renkum: Arjan Vrieze
Heelsum: Liesbeth Vrieze
Used source(s)
- Source: Tracesofwar, Arjan & Liesbeth Vrieze
- Published on: 23-09-2021 13:03:50
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