At 12:00 17th September 1944 the Pathfinders of
21st Independent Parachute Company dropped on to the DZ / LZ to mark
the areas for the main body. At 13:00 1st Air landing Brigade landed,
followed 35 minutes later by the paras of 1st Parachute Brigade. By
15:00 the landing areas were secured.
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Landing Zone Z 1944 |
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Landing Zone Z 2013 |
Once complete on the LZ units moved to their RV's ready to move to Arnhem. On Route Leopard the 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron moved to Arnhem to
secure the bridge in a coup de main operation
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Route Leopard towrds Arnhem. |