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Operation Manna/Chowhound

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Peter van Stigt

Free Account, Almere

Operation Manna/Chowhound

Towards the end of World War Two half of Holland was already liberated, the other half was not due to 'a bridge too far' at Arnhem. They had to endure what the Dutch call the Hunger Winter. The Allies set up an American/British operation using bombers to drop food at daylight from low altitude over our country.

Here you can see a B-25 Mitchell dropping close to the windmill-filled Kinderdijk. Aircraft and background are seperate photos taken by the author. Edited in Photoshop, trying to produce a more or less delicate oil painting effect.

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OLD No13 16/01/2014 9:51
Well done , Stars sprangled banner - These Colors Don´t Run

In 2014, the 70th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy will be commemorated by many Allied Heads of State and hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world from June through till the end of August.The majority of Allied troops who landed on the D-Day beaches were from the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA. Allied Troops from many other countries participated in D-Day June 6,1944 and the Battle of Normandy, in all the different armed services: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.Over 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded or went missing during the Battle of Normandy.

We will remember them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZJMtJtrsnE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0_Y7aBWV5Q
Metti mi piace
Daniel von der Heide 13/10/2006 10:12
i like this plane very mutch
the b-25 is one of the most beautiful planes of WW2
pretty good pic
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