Pathfinders 101st Airborne Division – D-Day – Battle of Normandy

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101st Airborne Division paratroopers
Composition of the D-Day serials

Pathfinders of the 101st Airborne Division
Serials 1 to 3 and 6a – June 6, 1944

Serial 1
Drop zone: DZ “A” (502nd PIR – 377th PFAB)
Drop hour: 00:20

#1

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42-93098

Crouch

Pathfinders 1/502
#3

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Pathfinders 377th PFAB

 

Serial 2
Drop zone: DZ “C” (506th PIR – 501st PIR)
Drop hour: 00:25

#4

Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain

42-92845

Taylor

Lost at sea: Pathfinders 2/506 recovered by HMS Tartar
#5

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Kroesch

Pathfinders 1/506

 

Serial 6a
Drop zone: DZ “C” – LZ “E” (502nd PIR – 377th PFAB)
Drop hour: 00:27

 

Serial 3
Drop zone: DZ “D” (501st PIR – 506th PIR)
Drop hour: 00:30

#7

Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain

Jackobson

Pathfinders 2/501
#8

Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain

43-15162

Pathfinders 1/501

 

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