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MARKET GARDEN - FLIGHT ROUTES

Below you find an overview of the airfields used in England, the flight routes towards the Netherlands and the dropzones and landingzones for Market Garden, from the 17th until the 26th of September 1944.

	1st Airborne Division	82nd Airborne Division	101st Airborne Division	I Airborne Corps
17 September	Northern route	Northern route	Southern route
18 September	Northern route	Northern route	Northern route
19 September		Southern route	Southern route
20 September		Southern route	Southern route
21 September	Southern route	Southern route	Southern route
23 September	Southern route	Southern route	Southern route
25 September			Southern route
26 September				Southern route

101st Airborne Division (American)

Airfields:
Aldermaston, Chalgrove, Chillbolton, Greenham common, Membury, Ramsbury and Welford

Dropzones:
Dropzone A1: Planned at Veghel, actually dropped at Heeswijk-Dinther
Dropzone A: Eerde
Dropzone B: Son
Dropzone C: Son
Landingzone W: Son

82nd Airborne Division (American)

Airfields:
Barkston, Balderton, Chalgrove, Cottesmore, Folkingham, Fullbeck, Langer and Spanhoe

Dropzones:
Dropzone N: Groesbeek
Landingzone N: Groesbeek
Dropzone O: Overasselt
Landingzone O: Overasselt
Dropzone T: Groesbeek
Landingzone T: Groesbeek
Special dropzone: Grave

1st Airborne Division (British)

Airfields:
Barkston heath, Blakehill, Broadwell, Down Ampney, Fairford, Farm, Harwell, Keevil, Manston, Saltby, Spanhoe and Tarrant Rushton

Dropzones:
Dropzone K: planned just south of Arnhem bridge, replaced by Driel during the operation
Dropzone L: Wolfheze
Dropzone Y: Ede
Dropzone X: Heelsum
Landingzone Z: Heelsum