Photos made by Joe Somers.
Operation Varsity
Then
and 60 years later
24th
March 2005
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A Liberator B-24 over the village of Hamminkeln. Seen from Mehrhooger Straße. | |
This is how it looks 60 years later. The picture is taken from another angle. Because on Mehrhooger Straße are new houses taking away the view at the church. |
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On March 25th the 507th Regiment is
already moving on to Wesel. Here some paras at the Kastanien Straße Hamminkeln. |
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This is the Kastanien Straße today,
60 years later. The way down is called Butenfeld, in the direction of main road B473 |
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Paras on the way to landingzone X on road called Butenfeld and the railway crossing at Kastanien Straße. | |
This is the railway crossing today. At Kastanien Straße we found three crossings. This might be the right one. |