Operation MARKET formation, Chalk 2, return flight in D-Day operations in the invasion of Holland

Chalk No. 2, flown by 1 Lt. Don LePard. Photo of formation taken by Col. Charles H. Young from The Argonia's astrodome on return flight from DZ N drop in Nijmegen sector, 17 September 1944 in Operation MARKET, in the airborne invasion of Holland. LePard's ship carried 2d Lt. John A. Holabird's stick. At far left is ship flown by 1st Lt. Bart Deck; 1st Lt. Al Johnson is on his right wing. All three ships are from the 91st Sqdn. Behind LePard's tail is Capt. Charles H. Imsheiler; 1st Lt. Ralph McCain is on his right wing, both of the 92d Sqdn. See another view of this formation.

 

 

 

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