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Flight routes for Operation Market Garden:

Below you find an overview of the airfields used in England, the flight routes towards the Netherlands and the dropzones
and landingzones for Market Garden, from the 17th until the 26th of September 1944.
1st Airborne Division

Airfields:
Barkston Heath, Blakehill, Broadwell, Down Ampney, Fairford, Farm, Harwell, Keevil, Manston, Saltby,
Spanhoe and Tarrant Rushton

Drop/Landingzones:
Dropzone K: Planned just south of Arnhem bridge, replaced to Driel during the operation
Landingzone L: Wolfheze
Dropzone Y: Wolfheze
Dropzone X: Heelsum
Landingzone Z: Heelsum
82nd Airborne Division

Airfields:
Barkston, Balderton, Chalgrove, Cottesmore, Folkingham, Fullbeck, Langar and Spanhoe

Drop/Landingzones:
Dropzone N: Groesbeek
Landingzone N: Groesbeek
Dropzone O: Overasselt
Dropzone T: Groesbeek
Landingzone T: Groesbeek
Special DZ: Grave
101st Airborne Division

Airfields:
Aldermaston, Chalgrove,Chillbolton, Greenham Common, Membury, Ramsbury and Welford

Drop/Landingzones:
Dropzone A1: Planned at Veghel, misdrop at Heeswijk-Dinther
Dropzone A: Eerde
Dropzone B: Son
Dropzone C: Son
Landingzone W: Son
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19 September

 

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20 September

 

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21 September

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23 September

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