Fleeing Hostilities

On the Run

Moving out of harm’s way

Great colourization. Gotta luv the tracks.

Moving out of harm’s way17 pdr. gun) of ‘B’ Squadron of the East Riding Yeomanry, 33rd Armoured Brigade, came to a halt at the Esso Petrol station on the ‘Wilhelmina-Square’, October, 1944, Den Bosch, Noord-Brabant Province, The Netherlands.

Mr. Jo Van der Sande, a native of Den Bosch (‘s Hertogenbosch) and his daughters Toos (4 y.o.) and Coletta (5 y.o.), take advantage of a lull in the fighting to flee their home in the fiercely fought-over ‘Lombok’ district with his family. They seek a safe haven in the now liberated city center via the ‘Wilhelminaplein’.

British army photographer Peter Handford later recalled that he was completely stunned when suddenly next to a Sherman tank the man (and his wife) appeared with two daughters under his arm. Handford made one of the most extraordinary photos of his career.

Colourised PIECE of JAKE

Source: IWM
Photo: Peter Handford