Fleeing Hostilities

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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
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