Photos Taken on 17 Sep 1944 | World War II Database

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A group of German prisoners at Wolfheze, Gelderland, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944	A Loyd carrier of the anti-tank platoon of 3rd Battalion, Irish Guards exploded during British XXX Corps' advance toward Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944	A photograph taken through the window of a troop carrying glider during Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944; note other Allied aircraft and the Dutch coast in distance	A Sherman Firefly tank of the UK Irish Guards Group advancing past Sherman tanks knocked out in previous actions, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944

Aerial view of Allied aircraft dropping paratroopers over the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944	Aircraft carrying men of the First Allied Airborne Army crossing the English Channel for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944	American C-47 aircraft flying over Gheel in Belgium on their way to the Netherlands for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944	An aerial view of the bridge across the Waal River at Nijmegen, the Netherlands, circa 17-20 Sep 1944

An American C-47 aircraft, hit by flak returning from the Market-Garden drop, burning after crash-landing into a knocked-out German Jagdpanther near Gheel, Belgium, 17 Sep 1944	British men of 3rd Platoon, 21st Independent Parachute Company at Fairford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom for Operation Market I, 17 Sep 1944; note background Stirling Mark IV aircraft of 6	British paratroopers of 1st Airlanding Reconnaissance Squadron on the ground gathering their parachutes, Arnhem, Gelderland, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944	British Stirling Mark IV bomber LK115 '8S-Z' of 295 Squadron RAF taking off from Harwell, Oxfordshire, England, UK towing an Airspeed Horsa glider, 17 Sep 1944

British troops of the 1st Airborne Division aboard C-47 transport aircraft for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944	British troops of the 1st Airborne Division boarding their aircraft for Operation Market Garden, 17 Sep 1944	C-47 Dakota aircraft dropping troops of UK 1st Airborne Division over Oosterbeek near Arnhem, the Netherlands, 17 Sep 1944	C-47 Dakota aircraft taking off, towing a CG-4A glider, Britain, 17 Sep 1944

C-47 Skytrains towing Waco CG-4 gliders over Bergeijk, Holland en route the Operation Market Garden landings near Eindhoven, 17 Sep 1944.	Commissioning ceremony of USS Guam, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 17 Sep 1944, photo 1 of 2	Commissioning ceremony of USS Guam, Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States, 17 Sep 1944, photo 2 of 2	Cover page of the program to USS Guam's commissioning ceremony, 17 Sep 1944