Stick 3 – 508th PIR – Pathfinders of the 82nd Airborne Division

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Pathfinders of the 82nd Airborne Division

Stick 3 – 508th 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 : Stick 3 du 508th PIR de la 101ème division aéroportée

 

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#16

Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain

42-92843

Miles


Pathfinders 1/508

#18

Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain

43-15163

Wood


Pathfinders 3/508



#17

Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain

42-93096

Gaudio


Pathfinders 2/508

Drop zone: DZ “N” (508th PIR)
Drop time: 01h38

Dakota C-47 crew – Shalk 18
Pilot: First Lieutenant Lionel E. Wood
Co-pilot: Second Lieutenant Delbert W. Hoffman
Navigator: Second Lieutenant Charles D. Gunn
Crew chief: Staff Sergeant Harold Barr
Radio operator: Corporal Joe Comacho

Pathfinders – Stick 3 – 508th PIR
Second Lieutenant Edward T. Czepinski – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co
Second Lieutenant Gene H. Williams (killed on June 20, 1944) – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Sergeant Robert V. Barbiaux – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Technical 5th Francis Lamoureux – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Corporal Charles F. Calvert – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co
Private First Class Walter W. Harrelson (killed on June 23, 1944) – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co
Private First Class Warren C. Jeffers – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Private First Class Arnold H. Martin – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co
Private First Class Fayette O. Richardson – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co
Private Charles H. Rogers – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR
Private First Class John E. Sternesky – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Private John J. Baldassar – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 3rd Bn, H Co
Private Hal A. Murdock – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co
Private Ralph W. Nicholson (killed on June 17, 1944) – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Private Cicero J. Parchman – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Private Henry S. Pawlings (killed on June 6, 1944) – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Private John R. Rigapoulos – 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 3rd Bn, G Co
Private Eric Stott – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, Hq
Private Roscoe H. Walker – 82nd Airborne Div., 508th PIR, 3rd Bn, I Co