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2001 Collection (page 2)

Background image2001 Collection: Saab 2000 SE-LRA

Saab 2000 SE-LRA (msn 014), of Swedish Aircraft Holdings as a SAAB 2000 Kingfisher MPA demonstrator. Date: 2001

Background image2001 Collection: Saab 2000 SE-002

Saab 2000 SE-002 (msn 002), as an instructional airframe at Flygteknik Technical Traning School, Nykoping. Date: 2001

Background image2001 Collection: Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LNC

Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LNC (msn BH100/125, ex SwAF Sk.61D 61021), of TFHS (Trafikflygarhogskolan) at Ljungbyhed. Date: 2001

Background image2001 Collection: Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LNL

Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LNL (msn BH100/164, ex SwAF Sk.61D 61049), of TFHS (Trafikflygarhogskolan) at Ljungbyhed. Date: 2001

Background image2001 Collection: Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LLC

Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LLC (msn BH100/107, ex SwAF Sk.61D 61007), of TFHS (Trafikflygarhogskolan) at Ljungbyhed. Date: 2001

Background image2001 Collection: Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LLG

Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LLG (msn BH100/110, ex SwAF Sk.61D 61010), of TFHS (Trafikflygarhogskolan) at Ljungbyhed. Date: 2001

Background image2001 Collection: Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LNA

Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LNA (msn BH100/119, ex SwAF Sk.61D 61017), of TFHS (Trafikflygarhogskolan) at Ljungbyhed. Date: 2001

Background image2001 Collection: Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LNM

Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LNM (msn BH100/166, ex SwAF Sk.61D 61051), of TFHS (Trafikflygarhogskolan) at Ljungbyhed. Date: 2001

Background image2001 Collection: Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LNR

Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LNR (msn BH100/162, ex SwAF Sk.61D 61047), of TFHS (Trafikflygarhogskolan) at Ljungbyhed. Date: 2001

Background image2001 Collection: Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LLD

Scottish Aviation Bulldog 101 SE-LLD (msn BH100/118, ex SwAF Sk.61D 61016), of TFHS (Trafikflygarhogskolan) at Ljungbyhed. Date: 2001

Background image2001 Collection: Eurocopter EC135P2 SE-HPR - 8-0950

Eurocopter EC135P2 SE-HPR - 8-0950
Rikspolisstyrelsen - Eurocopter EC135P2 SE-HPR - 8-0950 (msn 0189), shortly after delivery in 2001. (Rikspolisstyrelsen - Swedish National Police) Date: 2001

Background image2001 Collection: FMA IA-73 Pampa EX-01

FMA IA-73 Pampa EX-01 (msn 2001), at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show in September 1990. Date: 1990

Background image2001 Collection: Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander AS9516

Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander AS9516
Armed Forces of Malta Air Wing - Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander AS9516 (msn 2159), at RAF Cottesmore for the RIAT on 29 July 2001. Date: 2001

Background image2001 Collection: Cock O the North locomotive waiting for signals

Cock O the North locomotive waiting for signals
LNER 2001 Cock O the North 1933 locomotive waiting for the signals to move. Date: circa 1930s

Background image2001 Collection: Royal Pavilion, Brighton, East Sussex

Royal Pavilion, Brighton, East Sussex
Brighton Pavilion, East Sussex. The Royal Pavilion is a Grade I listed former royal residence located in Brighton, England

Background image2001 Collection: The Surrender Room, Hotel de Wereld, Wageningen

The Surrender Room, Hotel de Wereld, Wageningen
The old Hotel de Wereld was the scene of the German surrender to the Dutch. To the right of the entrance is a Commemorative Plaque recording that

Background image2001 Collection: Airborne Forces Plaque, old St Elisabeths Hospital

Airborne Forces Plaque, old St Elisabeths Hospital
The image is that of the old hospital in the form that it was during the battle. In 2000 the building was converted into apartments

Background image2001 Collection: Headstone of Flight-Lieutenant David Lord, VC

Headstone of Flight-Lieutenant David Lord, VC
David Lord is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Oosterbeek. He had spent five years, mostly in India with 31 Squadron

Background image2001 Collection: 508th PIR, Devils in Baggy Pants, Memorial, Beek

508th PIR, Devils in Baggy Pants, Memorial, Beek
The Memorial was designed by H. J. Guse and was erected on 17 September 1981. It commemorates the liberation of Beek on 17 September 1944 by the 508th who were known as the Red Devils

Background image2001 Collection: Belgian Piron Brigade Memorial, Opheusden, Holland

Belgian Piron Brigade Memorial, Opheusden, Holland
Opheusden was the centre of much fighting involving British, American and Belgian forces following the failure of Operation Market Garden to cross the Rhine at Arnhem

Background image2001 Collection: Incredible Patrol Plaque, Elst Town Hall, Holland

Incredible Patrol Plaque, Elst Town Hall, Holland
Following the failure of Operation Market Garden to establish a foothold across the Rhine at Arnhem, the front line effectively lay along the river itself

Background image2001 Collection: Civilian War Victims Memorial, Doornenburg, Holland

Civilian War Victims Memorial, Doornenburg, Holland
This village remained in German hands until April 1945 when it was liberated on Easter Sunday. In October 1944 following Operation Market Garden, Doornenburg was repeatedly bombed by the Allies

Background image2001 Collection: 508th PIR Memorial, Sions Hof Hotel, Berg en Dal

508th PIR Memorial, Sions Hof Hotel, Berg en Dal
During Operation Market Garden in September 1944 this area was taken by the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the US 82nd Airborne Division. The figure on the wall is a Memorial to that Division

Background image2001 Collection: 505th PIR and 1st Canadian Army Memorial

505th PIR and 1st Canadian Army Memorial
This double Memorial was erected by C.Hectors, A. van Grinsven and Father Thuring in Klein Amerika on 16 September 1990. The left hand tablet records that, With Europe in peril

Background image2001 Collection: Operation Veritable Memorial, Groesbeek, Holland

Operation Veritable Memorial, Groesbeek, Holland
Shaped like an airborne canister, or the Tinman in the Wizard of Oz film, this metal Memorial records on the back that on 17/18 September 1944

Background image2001 Collection: Memorial to British and Allied Forces, Jonkerbos

Memorial to British and Allied Forces, Jonkerbos
This simple column Memorial is in the Jonkerbos Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in a wooded area known as Jonkers Bosch (Childrens Wood)

Background image2001 Collection: Jan van Hoof headstone, Dutch Wargraves Cemetery

Jan van Hoof headstone, Dutch Wargraves Cemetery
This is in the back right hand corner of a Cemetery of Honour which was laid out in 1971.The Dutch flag flies here and there is a plaque to The Fallen 1940-1945

Background image2001 Collection: Dutch Border Battalions Memorial, Grave, Holland

Dutch Border Battalions Memorial, Grave, Holland
This bas-relief by Jan Kettering shows a soldier of the Border Battalions guarding the town of Grave. It was erected on 31 October 1964 and its caption is We went and came back after years

Background image2001 Collection: 325th Glider, 504th PIR & Polish Para Memorial, Holland

325th Glider, 504th PIR & Polish Para Memorial, Holland
The dramatic rusting parachutes, designed by Leo Gerritsen and Henk van Hout, were erected on 17 September 1985. They commemorate the fact that these fields, designated landing area O

Background image2001 Collection: Spiralling Wings Memorial to Airstrip B-82, Keent

Spiralling Wings Memorial to Airstrip B-82, Keent
The airstrip here, in the old forelands of the Ms at Keent, was made by the Germans as an emergency landing field but never used by them

Background image2001 Collection: 101st AB Division Memorial, Son, Holland

101st AB Division Memorial, Son, Holland
Operation Market Garden depended upon the capture by airborne forces of a sequence of bridges over rivers and canals in Holland

Background image2001 Collection: 101st Airborne Division Memorial near Eindhoven

101st Airborne Division Memorial near Eindhoven
Operation Market Garden involved capturing a sequence of bridges over rivers so that a rapid armoured advance could drive from Belgium through Holland to the German border in September 1944

Background image2001 Collection: Guards Memorial Plaque, Nijmegen Bridge, Holland

Guards Memorial Plaque, Nijmegen Bridge, Holland
The Cornelius Ryan book, A Bridge Too Far has at its centre the final struggle at the bridge at Arnhem, which was indeed a Bridge Too Far

Background image2001 Collection: 101st Airborne Division Memorial, Veghel, Holland

101st Airborne Division Memorial, Veghel, Holland
The Memorial is in the form of a kangeroo with a baby in her pouch ( a symbol of the Allied Forces leaping over Dutch rivers) on a huge stone block which weighs 1, 200 kgs

Background image2001 Collection: The Silent Wings Memorial, Den Dungen, Holland

The Silent Wings Memorial, Den Dungen, Holland
This highly original Memorial was designed by local teacher Jos Korsten who is standing beside it. It tells the story of the gliders which landed in the middle of enemy territory in September 1944

Background image2001 Collection: 51st Highland Division Stained Glass Window, Vught

51st Highland Division Stained Glass Window, Vught
In the 1944 fighting to defeat the Germans in Holland the whole area around here became the responsibility of the 51st Div

Background image2001 Collection: 101st Airborne Division Memorial Parachute, Paulushoeve

101st Airborne Division Memorial Parachute, Paulushoeve
This area was in the landing zone of the Screaming Eagles, the 101st US Airborne Division, and was known as DZ C. It was where the 506th PIR were due to land

Background image2001 Collection: 101st US Airborne Memorial Gift to the Dutch

101st US Airborne Memorial Gift to the Dutch
The Memorial, which is in Sint Oedenrode, was initiated and funded by 101st Airborne veterans in recognition of the Dutch resistance against the Germans

Background image2001 Collection: The Paulushoef, Paulushoeve Farm near Best

The Paulushoef, Paulushoeve Farm near Best
The owner of this farm, Wan van Overveld, has erected a metal parachute in the garden and on the house is a Screaming Eagle

Background image2001 Collection: US 501st Geronimo Monument, Eerde, Holland

US 501st Geronimo Monument, Eerde, Holland
During Operation Market Garden in September 1944, the airborne forces were charged with capturing a series of bridges over waterways that impeded the ground troops advance

Background image2001 Collection: Castle Henkenshage, 502nd PIR HQ, Holland

Castle Henkenshage, 502nd PIR HQ, Holland
The US 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment was given the Operation Market Garden task of capturing this position and completed the clearing of the area on 17 September 1944

Background image2001 Collection: Joe Mann Memorial, Open-Air Theatre, Best, Holland

Joe Mann Memorial, Open-Air Theatre, Best, Holland
This was put up by the people of Best in memory of Private 1st Class Joe E. Mann of H Coy, 502nd US Parachute Infantry Regiment. It was unveiled by his parents on 17 September 1956

Background image2001 Collection: Jan van Hoof Memorial Bas-relief, Nijmegen road bridge

Jan van Hoof Memorial Bas-relief, Nijmegen road bridge
Jan was a young student in Nijmegen who worked for the Dutch Underground Resistance. The Nijmegen bridge had to be captured intact by American Airborne forces during Operation Market Garden so that

Background image2001 Collection: Jan van Hoof Memorial Statue, Nijmegen, Holland

Jan van Hoof Memorial Statue, Nijmegen, Holland
Jan was a student and a member of the Dutch Secret Service at the time of Operation Market Garden in September 1944. A citizen of Nijmegen

Background image2001 Collection: Jason Leonard (Lions 2001) - England rugby player

Jason Leonard (Lions 2001) - England rugby player Date: 1990s - 2000s

Background image2001 Collection: Hawker Siddeley Hawk T. 1 XX249

Hawker Siddeley Hawk T. 1 XX249
Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Hawk T.1 XX249 (msn 312085, line number 85), of 4 Flying Training Squadron in 1990. XX249 crashed on 28 September 2001. Date: 1990

Background image2001 Collection: MARIA JOSE / ITALIAN ROYAL

MARIA JOSE / ITALIAN ROYAL
MARIA JOSE OF BELGIUM Wife of Umberto of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont Date: 1906 - 2001

Background image2001 Collection: Douglas DC-3C G-AMYJ

Douglas DC-3C G-AMYJ
Douglas DC-3C-R-1830-90C G-AMYJ (msn 15968/32716) of the Department of Transports Pollution Control contract, operated by Harvestair Ltd at Southend



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