Collectie / Archief: Fotocollectie Spaarnestad Onderwerpen Reportage / Serie: Arnhem, Slag bij - Sept. 1944 (inclusief de uiteindelijke inname April 1945) Beschrijving: First two gliders at Arnhem 17-9-1944 Annotatie: Beschrijving IWM: HQ of 1st Airlanding Light Regiment, Royal Artillery, unload a jeep and trailer from their Horsa glider at the landing zone near Wolfheze in Holland, during Operation 'Market Garden'; The first two gliders to touch down, their wing tips interlocked after colliding on landing. In the foreground are the Headquarters Artillery Group. Nearly all the vehicles of the 1st Airlanding Reconnaissance Squadron (whose task it was to lead the race for the road and railway bridges) were lost on route as several gliders broke their tow ropes.[BU 1164] Datum: 1944-09-17 Trefwoorden: oorlog, oorlogen Fotograaf: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit / Smith, D.M. Auteursrechthebbende: © Imperial War Museum Materiaalsoort: Foto (zwart/wit) Nummer toegang: 7.000SPAond Inventarisnummer: 24023 Bestanddeelnummer: 24023_056