101st Airborne Division paratroopers – Serial 12
Dakota C-47 42-100876 crash
Operation Neptune – D-Day – Battle of Normandy
Composition of the American Douglas C-47 Dakota registered 42-100876 piloted by 1st Lieutenant Marvin F. Muir and belonging to the 93rd Transport Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, shot down by the German anti-aircraft defense on June 6, 1944 over Picauville in Normandy while carrying paratroopers belonging to D Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.
It crashes at 1 hour 12 in Sainte-Mère-Eglise.
The crew members died in the crash. The paratroopers had time to jump.
Crew
1 Lt Marvin F. Muir – O – 541641 – Indiana
2 Lt Kenneth C. Bell – O – 705291
2 Lt John A. Marisay/Martsay – O – 697894
S/Sgt Clifford L. Burgess – 14140642 – Georgia
Sgt Philip Snyder/Synder – 13081009 – Pennsylvania
Paratroopers (D Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division)
1 Lt P. J. Sweeney – O – 429890
2 Lt J. L. Weihing – O – 445374
Sgt Simmie C. Ervin – 39531003 – California
Cpl Carlen E. Byrd – 15117288 – Kentucky
Cpl C. K. Mc Adam- 36602591
Pvt Virgil M. Atwood – 6967668 – Alabama
Pvt Arist G. Campana – 32227039 – Pennsylvania
Pvt John H. Dielsi – 13107404 – Georgia
Pvt Robert L. Garrett – 15322613 – West Virginia
Pvt Harry A. Gibson – 34594667 – North Carolina
Pvt John Gibson – 17088938 – Colorado
Pvt R. R. Jaeger – 32762098
Pvt James P. Graham – 14137483
Pvt John T. Mc Cormack – 32650663 – New York
Pvt Harold J. Mobley – 14003481 – Georgia
Pvt Andrew C. Serisi – 33330969 – Pennsylvania
Pvt Leslie F. Tindall – 39532124 – California
Pfc Wayne A. Griffin – 39185654 – Washington
