Airborne Monument Heelsum 

This monument was already built in 1945 by the Heelsum citizens, who had collected many parts of the British weapons and so on. It consists of a six-pounder Artillerie-gun, several helmets and the Pegasus emblem. The following sentence can be read on the monument: Heelsum In this vicinity landed de 1st Airborne Division on Sept. 27 1944-1 p.m. (translated) The landing zones can be found near this monument.

Geografic location

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P.F. Krans