17Jul
Photo report inauguration of the Tuskegee Airmen monument near Ramitelli, Italy
BY SAMUEL DE KORTE - On 16 July 2023, a monument was unveiled for the Tuskegee Airmen. Accompanying this event, a mural was unveiled, a presentation was given about the many local army air force bases, and a documentary was shown about the Tuskegee Airmen. All these events were to honor and celebrate the Tuskegee Airmen.
1Oct
Photo Report Race to the Bridge
On the Saturday in the weekend in which the Battle of Arnhem is commemorated, the Race to the Bridge will take place in the afternoon. With original vehicles, a long procession departs from the landing areas at Renkum to the Frost Bridge in Arnhem. The end point is at the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek.
29Sep
Photo report commemoration at the Engineers Monument and Silent Tour White Ribbon Mile
When on 20 September the British 1st Airborne Division had to give up the positions at the Rhine bridge in Arnhem, they withdrew to the 'Perimeter' in Oosterbeek. This was a bridgehead of several square kilometers on the north bank of the Rhine. The idea behind this was that reinforcements could be transferred across the Rhine. After a few days it turned out that the perimeter could no longer be defended. On September 25, 1944, General Urquhart was ordered to withdraw the troops across the Rhine. The operation was codenamed: Berlin.
28Sep
Photo report Commemoration Airborne memorial de Naald in Oosterbeek
On Friday 16 September the commemoration was held at the Airborne Memorial de Naald in Oosterbeek. By default, this ceremony is on September 17, but because that date fell on a weekend this year, this year it was moved to Friday.
Sep2022
Photo Report Airborne Hospital
In the weekend of the commemorations of the Battle of Arnhem, 'War Department' had again set up an field hospital in the concert hall in Oosterbeek. This living history group lets you experience what the stress in his field hospital must have been like.
Sep2022
Photo report commemoration Battle of Arnhem in Lombok
Every year on Friday afternoon in the weekend of the commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem, a commemoration is held at the September 1944 memorial in West-Arnhem (Lombok). This memorial was unveiled at the time by General Urquhart and it is located in the part of Arnhem where on the second day of the Battle of Arnhem the reinforcements for the 2nd battalion of Lt. Col Frost at the bridge, were blocked by the German defences.
Sep2022
Photo report unveiling new Airborne memorials
During the commemoration period of the Battle of Arnhem in September 2022, three new memorials were unveiled. With this image report we want to look at this in more detail:
Sep2022
Photo report interment of ashes Arnhem veteran John Jeffries
On Friday, September 16, 2022, the ashes of Arnhem veteran John Jeffries, who died in 2020, were interred at the Airborne cemetery in Oosterbeek. During the Battle of Arnhem John was assigned to the 156th Parachute Battalion as a liaison. He was injured during his jump on the Ginkelse Heide on September 18, 1944.
Sep2022
Photo report Commemoration Battle of Arnhem in the 'Berenkuil'
On Friday September 16, 2022, the annual commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem was held in Arnhem. As in previous years, there was first a meeting for invited guests in the Eusebius Church. One of the speakers here was Minister of Justice and Security Yeşilgöz-Zegerius. This was followed by the commemoration ceremony in the 'Berenkuil'.
Sep2022
Photo report Airborne landing and commemoration Ginkel Heath 2022
On Saturday 17 September, the annual airborne landing and commemoration was held on the Ginkel Heath near Ede. Early on, the column of historic vehicles was lined up and the market stalls were manned. At 10:00 am, Parachute Group Holland paratroopers made the first jumps from a Dakota.
Jul2022
Photo report memorials to the crews of two Short Stirlings in Montfoort
On Wednesday 29 June 2022, two new memorials were unveiled in Montfoort to the crews of two Short Stirling bombers that crashed here during the Second World War.
Jun2022
Photo report unveiling memorial Lancaster DS818
On 13 June 2022 a memorial was unveiled in Nunspeet for the crew of Avro Lancaster II DS818 JI-Q 'Maggie' of RAF 514 Sqdn. The aircraft had taken off from Waterbeach base in England for an attack on Gelsenkirchen. On June 13, 1944 during the return flight the aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter at the Oosteinderweg in Nunspeet. Four British crew members were killed. They are buried at the General Cemetery East in Nunspeet.
Feb2022
British veterans visit the Airborne Museum
On Saturday 26 February 2022, a group of British veterans visited the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek. The renovated museum would be opened by them on March 13, 2020. That didn't happen in the nick of time because the first lockdown related to Corona came into force on that day.
Sep2021
Photo Report Race to the Bridge 2021
When the first Airbornes landed on 17 September 1944 in the Renkum/Wolfheze area, it was of the utmost importance to reach their target as quickly as possible: the road bridge in Arnhem. Every year on the Saturday afternoon during the memorial weekend, this Race to the Bridge is reenacted.
Sep2021
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.
Sep2021
Photo Report Commemoration Victims Bomb Raid 17 September 1944 Ede
On September 17, 1944 at 11:41 in the morning the first bombs fell from allied aircraft in the area around the Parkweg in Ede. The bombs were intended to attack German targets on the east side of Ede, prior to the Airborne landings later that day. A second attack followed in the afternoon. A total of 71 inhabitants of Ede died as a result.
Sep2021
Photo Report Commemoration Air Despatch Memorial 2021
The last formal commemoration in the Arnhem Airborne weekend is the commemoration at the Air Despatch monument, near the cemetery in Oosterbeek.
Sep2021
Photo report Ceremony headstone with name for unknown Polish soldier
On Friday, September 16 2021, a ceremony was held at the Airborne cemetery in Oosterbeek because the grave of an unknown Polish soldier was given a new stone with name. Thanks to research by Mateusz Mróz, it has been established that the remains in this grave must have come from Edward Trochim of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade. The ceremony attracted a lot of interest.
Sep2021
Photo report Airborne commemoration Bear Pit Arnhem
Prior to the ceremony in the 'Bear Pit' on Friday evening September 16, 2021, there was a meeting for invited guests in the Eusebius Church. Speeches were given here by, among others, Mayor Marcouch and State Secretary Blokhuis.
Sep2021
Photo Report Airborne Commemoration Arnhem-West
During the first days of the Battle of Arnhem there was heavy fighting in Arnhem-West. The units intended to reinforce the bridge were stopped here. Every year on the Friday afternoon during the memorial weekend in September, there is a ceremony at the monument that General Urquhart himself unveiled. An impression of Friday 17 September 2021:
Sep2021
Photo Report Air landings and Commemorations Ginkel Heath
On Saturday 18 September 2021, the Air Landing and commemoration took place on Ginkel Heath near Ede. Because of Covid without veterans, but with a large crowd and many historic vehicles.
Sep2021
Photo Report Commemoration Airborne Cemetery Oosterbeek
On Sunday, September 19, 2021, the annual commemoration was held at the Airborne Cemetery in Oosterbeek. Due to the Corona measures, unfortunately with a limited number of invited guests and no Arnhem veterans.
Sep2021
Photo Report Airborne region gears up
The weekend of 17 to 19 September is the focus of the commemorations of the Battle of Arnhem. During the days leading up to this, a lot is already happening. In recent years, exercise Falcon Leap has been held in this week. Large groups of military paratroopers are dropped at various places in the region. Flags are hung and crosses are placed. The first wreath laying takes place. Reenactors and old vehicles appear in the streets etc.
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