On 23 September 1944 over Boxtel, a C-47A Skytrain nicknamed ‘Buzz Job Mike’ is hit by German anti-aircraft fire. The aircraft is one of a series dropping off supplies as part of Operation Marker Garden. The plane crashes on the Schoonberg (now the Gemondse Beemd).Two of the five crew members are killed. The plane soon catches fire and crashes within seconds. At the crash site, not only the aircraft remains are found, but also personal items, such as the so-called dogtag (Identity tag) of the navigator, Bruce Journey. Also found is a watch with the time of the crash on 23 September.

The C-47 was towing a glider. This managed to detach itself and land safely just in time, but everyone is captured by the Germans. Technical Sergeant Reis and Second Lieutenant Cyril Babcanec, co-pilot of ‘Buzz Job Mike’, are killed when the plane crashes. The pilot, Captain Robert H. Kirry, survives the crash. He is subsequently captured and spends the rest of the war in a German POW camp. In and around Gemonde, besides the C-47A, seven WACO gliders, several fighters and bombers also came down.