Landing Zone / Drop Zone X
On september 17th 1944 this field was in use as a Drop Zone (DZ). On that day 2278 paratroupers of the 1st Parachute Brigade landed here. One day later, it was used as a Landing Zone (LZ) for gliders of a large number of units.
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- Text: Arjan Vrieze
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze
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Sep2017
Photo report Veterans fly in gliders to their former landing zone
On 15 September 2017 three veterans of the Glider Pilot Regiment landed with modern gliders on former landing zone X. This landing field was one of the field used in Operation Market Garden. Hundreds of Gliders brought soldiers and equipment to the Arnhem battlefield then.
Nearby
Museum
- Exhibition Glider Collection Wolfheze - Wolfheze
- Betuws War Museum "The Island" 1944-1945 - Heteren
- Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein' - Oosterbeek
Point of interest
- Information Panel Battle of Arnhem - Renkum
- Landing Zone Z - Wolfheze
- Airborne Streetart in Tunnel - Ede
Monument
- Memorial Short Stirling EF298 V8-T - Renkum
- Liberation Route Marker 020: The landing of parachutists and gliders - Renkum
- Information Sign Airborne Landings 17 and 18 September 1944 - Heelsum
Cemetery
- Dutch War Graves Wolfheze - Wolfheze
- Dutch War Graves Roman Catholic Cemetery Mariahof Renkum - Renkum
- Commonwealth War Grave Roman Catholic Cemetery Mariahof Renkum - Renkum
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stones Bosbeekweg 19-21 - Bennekom
- Stumbling Stones Achterdorpsstraat 10 - Renkum
- Stumbling Stones Alexanderweg 44 - Bennekom
Fortification
Crash site
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