At 10.25 am on Sunday 17th September 1944 a Dakota/Horsa combination took off
from R.A.F. Keevil, Wiltshire, the spearhead of the first lift to Arnhem.
The occupants of the glider were 2 glider pilots of the Glider Pilot Regiment and a unit
of Royal Engineers. At 11.05 am an explosion occurred in the glider which caused it
to break tow and crash to the ground, killing all occupants.
These were therefore the First Casualties of Arnhem.