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.
On March 25th the 507th Regiment is already moving on to Wesel.

Here some paras at the Kastanien Straße Hamminkeln.
This is the Kastanien Straße today, 60 years later.

The way down is called Butenfeld, in the direction of main road B473
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.

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