17 pounder Anti Tank Gun (2)
In the park of the Airborne Museum 3 17 pounder guns can be found that were used during the Battle of Arnhem. This example was used by 2nd OBAN Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery R.A X-Troop. During the Battle this gun was positioned at the Sonnenberglaan.
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Source
- Text: Eugène Wijnhoud / Arjan Vrieze
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze (1, 2), RJArmy.nl (3)
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British veterans visit the Airborne Museum
On Saturday 26 February 2022, a group of British veterans visited the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek. The renovated museum would be opened by them on March 13, 2020. That didn't happen in the nick of time because the first lockdown related to Corona came into force on that day.
Sep2021
Photo Report Race to the Bridge 2021
When the first Airbornes landed on 17 September 1944 in the Renkum/Wolfheze area, it was of the utmost importance to reach their target as quickly as possible: the road bridge in Arnhem. Every year on the Saturday afternoon during the memorial weekend, this Race to the Bridge is reenacted.
Nearby
Museum
- Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein' - Oosterbeek
- Information Centre: The Poles of Driel - Driel
- Exhibition Glider Collection Wolfheze - Wolfheze
Point of interest
- Perimeter Route Marker 9: Villa Hartenstein - Oosterbeek
- Sherman M4 Tank Airborne Museum - Oosterbeek
- 17 pounder Anti Tank Gun (1) - Oosterbeek
Monument
- Liberation Route Marker 40 - Oosterbeek
- War Memorial Hartenstein - Oosterbeek
- Arnhem Aircrew Memorial - Oosterbeek
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Arnhem Oosterbeek - Oosterbeek
- Commonwealth War Graves Municipal Cemetery North and South Oosterbeek - Oosterbeek
- Dutch War Graves Municipal Cemetery North and South Oosterbeek - Oosterbeek
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stones Mesdaglaan 39 - Arnhem
- Stumbling Stones Breitnerstraat 18 - Arnhem
- Stumbling Stones Mauvestraat 15 - Arnhem
Fortification
- Foxholes 4th Parachute Brigade Headquarters - Wolfheze
- Concrete Encased M4 Sherman Tank - Arnhem
- Concrete Encased M4 Sherman Tank - Arnhem
Crash site
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