Eindhoven Airfield

Eindhoven, NL

Welschap airfield near Eindhoven, captured by the American **101st Airborne Division** on September 17, 1944, the opening day of Operation Market Garden. Seized in good condition, the airfield became a critical logistics hub along **Hell's Highway** for the following days of the operation, receiving resupply by glider and transport aircraft for the Allied forces pushing toward Arnhem.