Men of the 1st Parachute Battalion enjoy a cuppa before the flight to Arnhem, 17 September 1944. Sadly, Lance Corporal Walter Lewis (kneeling) was killed in action later that day, and three others were killed during the Arnhem battle or shortly afterwards. (Paradata/Airborne Assault Museum)
Aerial photograph of Bottesford airfield looking east, the technical site with seven T2 hangars, control tower and airfield code are top left, 30 May 1945. Photograph taken by No. 544 Squadron, sortie number RAF/106G/LA/203. (English Heritage [RAF Photography], via American Air Museum in Britain).
C-47 Skytrains of the 313th Troop Carrier Group line up for take off at Folkingham in September 1944. (American Air Museum in Britain/IWM FRE 3392)
A C-47 of the 442nd Troop Carrier Group at Fulbeck. (assumed USAAF, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
North Witham, 5 June 1944: Pathfinders of the 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, and aircrew of the C-47 that would fly them to Normandy just hours later. (US Army photo, public domain)
Men of ‘B’ Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion, at Saltby airfield on Sunday, 17 September 1944.
They are preparing their kit and parachutes prior to boarding USAAF C-47s of the 314th Troop Carrier Group for the flight to Arnhem. (Via Bob Hilton, still from a film by Sgt CM Lewis, British Army Film and Photographic Unit)
