P-47 Thunderbolt pilot Edwin Cottrell of the 493rd Fighter Squadron said that while flying his plane during Operation Varsity, “I was alone in my plane. Our primary mission was to drop bombs on ...

Their second jump was in conjunction with the British 6th Airborne in the area of Wesel, Germany called 'Operation Varsity ... As they neared the multiple drop zones around Wesel, the enemy ...

ARNHEM, Netherlands — According to historians, several key factors, including inclement weather and ill-placed drop zones, threatened the Allied forces’ success during the 1944 Operation ...