About Jim Hooper
As a pilot in WW2, survived the largest airborne operation
marks This Week , the 75-year-old anniversary of the battle of Arnhem, which is a failure for the allies.
after the success of D-Day, the allied air landing started in the Dutch town in September 1944. It was code-named Operation Market Garden.
Approximately 10.600 Commonwealth soldiers took part, but only of 2,400 returned. Pilot Jim Hooper was one of thousands captured by German troops.
Source of news: bbc.com
