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Dutch Aviation MEDIA 2010

               EINDHOVEN AIRFORCE BASE              

TROOPERS TRANSPORTS & DROPPINGS
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page: 1- Eerde Village                    2- Eerde Battle part 1         3- Eerde Battle part 2         4- Eindhoven AFB
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page:  5- Parachutists Ginkel       6- Cross over                       7- Eerde Camp                     8- Eerde at night
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page:  9- Keep 'm Rolling             10- Green Group                  11- Hartenstein                    12- Veterans jump
( Thank you major Harry for your kind cooperation at Ehv Afb ! )
Well folks... here it is ! One of THE airplane types that won WW II according to Churchill
 The Dakota DC-3, or as military version: The C-47 Skytrain !
For every true aviation enthousiast this machine is a dream to see and fly !
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Some of the troopers admired it, and others were to tired fter the exhausting exercises they had
September 19th Eindhoven Airforce base was one long row of activities... 
British and American Hercules transport planes kept on rolling over the platform and runways...
... and there were quite some !
 
All these guys were to jump at the 'Ginkel Heath' such as every year
All kind of nation paratroopers took part in this, as these Polish men over here.
501 Parachute Infantry Regiment (101 AB) was to jump around Veghel in 1944...
   
... and this kind of actions were repeated over Ginkel as memorial by about a 1000 paratroopers
 
Most important is to check your gear over and over... 
German paratroopers joined this action as well...
... and it's real nice to be part of this huge undertaking ...
... all has been well prepared, ths enormous logistic job. 
   
The men wait. In specific waves the paratroopers will show the public how it looked like, 65 yeras ago
Some of them don't even know how the dropzone looks like. They don't care, being specialists
 
One group marches to their Hercules C-130, as another group prepares and is instructed
Once again the Polish here, wearing the 'Red Baret' !
Last year 2008 the departure took place from Soesterberg AFB...
... but due to so many UK and USAF large planes this had to be from Eindhoven in 2009
 
Though so lon ago, it still is important to show and tell todays people about this part of history...
 
... let's not forget that 65 years ago many guys like these lost their lives for our freedom of today !
 These USAF giants are based at Ramstein Germany, the 86th Air Wing...
 ... This one here is a Hercules C-130J-30. 
As far as we were informed there were 4 US C-130, 3 RAF C-130, 1 BAF C-130, 1 Polish Casa...
... 2 Dakota's and one Mitchell Bomber taking action september 19th.  
A warnings sign says fire arms can be used in case security makes this neccessary...
 
... though it all happened relative calm and well organised... 
... as you can see at this last platform view.
 
We show you the Polish Casa and the Mitchell bomber...
These planes mostly were seen in nice pictures and inscriptions.
Enough now, lets follow the UK Hercules to page 5 where we show something of LZ Ginkel
One more look at this fine plane, later on more about it in this extended photo reportage
Follow us to page 5, the droppings ? 
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 Thank you Major Harry for your kind cooperation at Ehv Afb !