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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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This photograph BU 921 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author Capt. E.G. Malindine, No. 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

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