Dropzone - Racetrack Duindigt - The Hague
All photos on this page provided by Jos van den Broek
The 1945 photos are from the Ed van Wijk collection, Nederlands Fotomuseum, from Beeldbank WO2 and from the webmasters collection.
All photos on this page provided by Jos van den Broek
The 1945 photos are from the Ed van Wijk collection, Nederlands Fotomuseum, from Beeldbank WO2 and from the webmasters collection.
At the exact spot of one of the dropzones overlooking the freeway at Terbregge is the Manna monument located. It symbolizes the belly of an allied bomber filled with food parcels. The monument has been the central location of the Manna / Chowhound commemorations since its unveilling in 2006. One year later the Air Commodore Geddes footpath was opened next to the memorial.
May 3 - "Another mercy mission to Holland. We went deeper into Holland today. Very low altitude. I believe I must have waved at everyone in Holland. It is really a shame the ocean being turned into Holland. The great fields of tulips are beautiful. They had, "Thank You" spelled out with rocks. They could see me waving at them because they would point each others attention to it. Some of them had American flags waving them."