Attached to the outside of the town hall on the left side set among other plaques.

An inscribed stainless plaque. 

The plaque remembers the Troop Carrier Command the and the Glider pilots who participated in Operation Varsity in March 1945.

Operation Varsity (24 March 1945) was a successful airborne forces operation launched by Allied troops that took place toward the end of World War II. Involving more than 16,000 paratroopers and several thousand aircraft, it was the largest airborne operation in history to be conducted on a single day and in one location.

Symbols of the Troop Carrier Command and the Glider Pilot Wings

In memory of USAAF Troop Carrier Command Crew members and Glider Pilots

Who participated in Operation Varsity in March 1945.

And in memory of all the casualties on both sides of the conflict 

in the cities of Hamminkeln and Wesel and the surroundings areas.

Presented by the National WWII Glider Pilot Association.