Friends: I wonder if anyone can help me identify when this photo was taken and who is on the *left*side of the photo. The original photo has been incorporated into Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arnhem#Day_1.C2.A0.E2.80.93_Sunday_17_September . I am guessing that this photo is of suriving veterans taken during the 60th anniversary of the Arnhem battle (Operation Market Garden) in 2004, but I don't know for sure. I'd like to know who took the photo but especially who is in the photo. Please email Jason at coyotworks substitute that symbol gmail.com or just post here with any leads. I've used Google image search but don't have any concrete leads yet.
ERRATUM: The hyperlink was just a link to the Wiki entry on the Battle of Arnhem. Here is a link to the original photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:British_Paratroops_inside_one_of_the_C-47_transport_aircraft.jpg . We have been discussing this photo on a thread on LinkedIn (which has many active and veteran armed services personnel). Here is another link. It says it's courtesy of the Imperial War Museum. Maybe I should be looking there...http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=4404 .
Okay, someone on LinkedIn found a useful clue: http://www.gazette-n...restored_plane/ . I still don't know who photoshopped the pictures together, but at least we can see who was participating. Thanks, -Jason
The men on the left are members of the EAst Anglian PRA. tThe gentleman 2nd in from the front is Sgt Edward Peters 1 st Border Regiment and an Arnhem veteran. The photo was taken at Merville Barracks in Colchester where the Dakota is being restored by Sgt Jim Kilbride. I have seen this photo wrongly attributed to 6th Airborne and Normandy several times now, the ghost picture is that of men from 1st Airborne on there way to Arnhem.
