A week before this year’s Market Garden memorial parachute jump, the remains of a British soldier/paratrooper have been found in Ede, The Netherlands. His remains were accidently unearthed by a metal detector enthousiast, and have been reported and recovered by authorities. Officials assume he is one of a group of soldiers who were dropped there on September 18th, 1944, 68 years ago today…
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th September 2012 at 10:24
And so it does now, thanks. Disabled the spellchecker on the computer and had another cup of coffee and all is fine now.
No problem, I am off to brew another coffee too !!!
Planemike
By: ericmunk - 18th September 2012 at 10:00
Surely, that should read……”dropped there on September 18th 1944, 68 years ago today…”
Planemike
And so it does now, thanks. Disabled the spellchecker on the computer and had another cup of coffee and all is fine now.
By: Arabella-Cox - 18th September 2012 at 09:49
A week before this year’s Market Garden memorial parachute jump, the remains of a British soldier/paratrooper have been found in Ede, The Netherlands. His remains were accidently unearthed by a metal detector enthusiast, and have been reported and recovered by authorities. Officials assume he is one of a group of soldiers who were dropped there on September 18th, 2012, 68 years ago today…
Surely, that should read……”dropped there on September 18th 1944, 68 years ago today…”
Planemike
By: trumper - 18th September 2012 at 08:42
🙂 Hopefully he can be traced and laid to rest now.
How spooky is that 18th of Sept for both landing there and being found,almost fate.
By: AlanR - 18th September 2012 at 08:15
A rough translation:
On Ginkel Heath near Ede today the remains of a British soldier from World War II recovered. The remains were found this weekend with a metal detector. Two hand grenades were found on the debris layers.
The explosives were detonated on the spot, after the remains were removed.
Defense assumes that the soldier belonged to a group of soldiers on September 18, 1944 were dropped over the heath. The British authorities have been informed of the discovery.
The remains will be transferred to a laboratory of the Salvage and Identification Service in Soesterberg. There, they hope
to identity the soldier.
According to Defense, it is a remarkable find because in less than a week the annual commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem place. On the find location then take hundreds of paratroopers participated in a memorial jump.
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September 18, 2012 at 8:10 am