Horsa glider and the remains of its occupants, Cotentin Peninsula, France, Jun 1944

Caption     Horsa glider and the remains of its occupants, Cotentin Peninsula, France, Jun 1944 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps
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Photo Size 550 x 273 pixels
Photos on Same Day 7 Jun 1944
Added By David Stubblebine
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1. W. Baljet says:
10 Feb 2015 06:21:50 AM

living in Heelsum, part of the battle of Arnhem, sept.1944, I found a kind of a machete next to a burned Horsa-glider. Question: what purpose had it,e.g.did it serve as a tool, was it part of the
glider's outfit. I am 84 now, and I still wonder.

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