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The Silent Wings Memorial, Den Dungen, Holland
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The Silent Wings Memorial, Den Dungen, Holland
This highly original Memorial was designed by local teacher Jos Korsten who is standing beside it. It tells the story of the gliders which landed in the middle of enemy territory in September 1944. The crews of two gliders were sheltered here for 14 days. The Memorial stands within the triangle Vught-Den Dungen-s Hertogenbosch, which was the initial aiming point for all the aircraft engaged in Operation Market (the air part of Market Garden). It was code named ELLIS. Support for the erection of the Memorial came from the Den Dungen Market Garden Committee, local author and photographer Jacq van Eekelen and veteran glider pilot Dan Griffiths who landed here on 18 September 1944. Joss idea was to represent what the civilians saw when they looked up at the beginning of the Operation and that it should be, in his words, a living Monument in that the sky is constantly changing through the cut-out shapes of the gliders. Date: 2001
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2001 Gliders Highly Holland Landed Silent Teacher Tells This Wings Designed
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This evocative print captures The Silent Wings Memorial at Den Dungen, Holland, dedicated to the brave crews of the gliders that landed in enemy territory during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Designed by local teacher Jos Korsten, who is seen standing beside it, the Memorial represents the perspective of the civilians who looked up at the sky at the beginning of the operation. The Memorial is located within the triangle of Vught-Den Dungen-s Hertogenbosch, which was the initial aiming point for all the aircraft involved in the operation, code-named ELLIS. The Den Dungen Market Garden Committee, local author and photographer Jacq van Eekelen, and veteran glider pilot Dan Griffiths, who landed here on 18 September 1944, provided support for the erection of this unique Memorial. Jos' vision was to create a 'living Monument' with the constantly changing sky as a backdrop, symbolized by the cut-out shapes of the gliders in the Memorial. This poignant and original tribute to the past stands as a testament to the courage and determination of those who took part in this historic operation.
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