Hei-eind Hiding Place Memorial, Hoogeloon, Holland
This simple boulder Memorial is to a complex story of the Market Garden Operation. On the first day, 17th September 1944, C47 nicknamed Clay Pigeon was shot down in this area. Four members of the crew and two of the paratroopers of the 506th PIR of the 101st Airborne Division who were on board survived. Other tugs and gliders crashed in the area and their survivors and those of Clay Pigeon were taken in by the Dutch Resistance, notably Miss Mary van Hoof and Mr Adriaan Goossens. Despite the risk of being discovered by the Germans, the survivors, thought to be around 16 in all, were treated by a local doctor and a nun. Then they were hidden in farms and woods and provided with food and drink until liberated on the 21st September. Both Mary and Adriaan were awarded the Medal of Freedom. The Memorial was erected on 21 September 1999
