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Welford/Greenham Common Airfield, 1944: Members of the 377th Parachute Field Artillery, attached to the new…
Welford/Greenham Common Airfield, 09/18/1944
SC 253913Field no. ETO-HQ-44-15158RG 111
Original caption
Members of the 377th Parachute Field Artillery, attached to the new airborne Allied Army, rest beside their glider, which is about to take-off for an assault on the Holland and Nazi-held Siegfried line. The glider is generously decorated with GI inscriptions. 9/18/44
- Date
- 09/18/1944
- Place
- Welford/Greenham Common Airfield · approximate position
- Photographer
- Gloster
- Units
- 101st Airborne Division
- SC number
- 253913
- Field number
- ETO-HQ-44-15158
- Album
- 101st Airborne Division
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs
Approximate position · Show on the photo map
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