Stick 1 – 505th PIR – Pathfinders of the 82nd Airborne Division

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Pathfinders of the 82nd Airborne Division

Stick 1 – 505th PIR
Operation Neptune – June 6, 1944

505th PIR: Stick 1 ; Stick 2 ; Stick 3

507th PIR: Stick 1 ; Stick 2 ; Stick 3

508th PIR: Stick 1 ; Stick 2 ; Stick 3

Image : Pathfinders du 1er bataillon du 505th PIR de la 82ème division aéroportée

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#10

Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain

Kirkpatrick


Pathfinders 2/505

#12

Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain

Suttle


Pathfinders 1/505



#11

Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain

43-15322


Pathfinders 3/505

Airfield: North Witham
Drop zone: DZ “O” (505th PIR)
Drop time: 01:21

Dakota C-47 crew – Shalk 12
Pilot: Captain Samuel W. Suttle
Co-pilot: Flight Officer James W. Alwood

Navigator:  First Lieutenant Frank E. Hayden

Crew Chief: Technical Sergeant Morris Brown

Pathfinders – Stick 1 – 505th PIR
First Lieutenant Michael C. Chester – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn, A Co
Staff Sergeant Simon H. Hannig – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Sergeant James E. Jones – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Technical 5th Maynard S. Meyers82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Corporal Lewis D. Allen – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Private First Class Jasper J. Bowman – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Private First Class Leslie D. Freis – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Private First Class John E. Ragle – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Private First Class Philip F. Verduce – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Private First Class William W. Young – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Private Charles L. Burghduff – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Private Charles S. Copping – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Private James J. Currin – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Private Edward Devonshuk – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Private Robert M. Murphy – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn, A Co
Private George H. Purcell – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Private Ralph Stout Jr – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn
Private Julius A. Wyngaert – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 1st Bn

 

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