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
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps
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Photos on Same Day 7 Jun 1944
Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 21 Dec 2008
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".



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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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