Market Garden Commemorative Jump 2007
We made our way to the Hartenstein Hotel, now the Airborne Museum and wandered through the museum. Around each corner would be a veteran and they were so pleased to see Ian & I in uniform and every time they found out about us jumping their eyes lit up and the stories came, ‘In ’44 I was………………’
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Outside the Airborne HQ – Hartenstein Hotel
17 Pounder used in the battle for Oosterbeek and an Enfield & PIAT
(Personal Infantry Anti Tank) weapon
Eventually we made our way to the camp and stumbled into a WW2 campsite, there were jeeps, bikes and ambulances all of the correct era. We found our tent and a good old army camp bed and made our self at home. The field kitchen was a ’43 Canadian one and served some great meals over the next few days.
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Lovely, never seen this before! Found it almost 6yrs after this jump!
I’m the F.A.N.Y.!
Well written articles like yours renews my faith in todâaâ€y„¢s writers. You’ve written info I can lastly agree on and use. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks to Monica I also found this site with pictures and stories….
I was no. 13 – first stick who jumped that year, together with Monica…..it was my first time jumping from a C47 and first time jumping Ginkel Heath….
Now at this moment I jumped the C47 many times with lots of commemoration jumps on several original DZ’s in Holland and Normandy.
This year I will join and jump the Market Garden 2013 event again 🙂
Airborne – all the way
Blue skies,
JumpingMM
And I was no. 4, first stick!
Short, sweet, to the point, FRE-eExactly as information should be!