On Wednesday 20 September 1944, during Operation Market Garden, a Short Stirling Bomber (LK-548) from 620 Squadron crashed on the outskirts of the village.

As the aircraft began losing height, RAAF Pilot Officer Maurice McHugh ordered the crew to bail out.

They sustained injuries but evaded capture and were helped back to England with the aid of the Dutch resistance.

[3] Nearly half the British, American and Polish troops that landed at Arnhem were either killed, wounded or captured.

The bent propeller and other pieces of the wreckage are on display in the Typhoon Museum at the nearby Airbase Volkel.