File:C-47 aircraft hit by flak.jpg

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English: An USAAF C-47 aircraft, hit by flak returning from the Market-Garden drop, burns after crash-landing into a knocked-out German Jagdpanther in a field near Gheel in Belgium.
Polski: Amerykański C-47 trafiony przez niemiecką obronę przeciwlotniczą w trakcie powrotu z operacji Market-Garden płonie na polu niedaleko Gheel w Belgii po awaryjnym lądowaniu które doprowadziło do zderzenia z niemieckim niszczycielem czołgów.
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Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph BU 921 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.
Author Capt. E.G. Malindine, No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

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