On the morning of Saturday September 22, 2012 the 68th commemoration took place for the Market-Garden operation near Arnhem (the Netherlands). That day, a fleet of transport aircraft flew various missions from the Eindhoven airbase in the Netherlands (ICAO: EHEH); dropping paratroopers from various countries. The movie 'A bridge too far' was played at big TV screens for the waiting paratroopers.
The following aircraft participated in the memorial flights:
- 1 Lockheed C-130J from the 143th Air Wing of the Rhode Island Air National Guard
- 2 German Air Force C160 Transall's,
- 1 Royal Air Force C-130
- 1 Royal Air Force (Battle of Britain Memorial Flight) C-47
- 1 Belgian Air Force C-130
- 1 Polish Air Force C-130
- 1 civil C-47
These aircraft flew 3 missions to drop over 800 paratroopers over the 1944 dropzone at the Ginkelse Hei. The paratroopers were from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Poland, Canada, Italy, Germany, and the United States of America.
Special thanks to PAO Eindhoven, maj Van der Dries.
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