Serial 16 – 101st Airborne Division – D-Day Airborne and airlanding serials

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

Serial 16

Airfield: Exeter
Air transport unit: 440th Troop Carrier Group
Drope zone: D
Drop hour: 01:40
Transported units: 3rd battalion of the 506th P.I.R., 1st and 3rd platoons of C Company of the 326th AB engineer battalion, supply.
Legend:

Douglas C-47 Dakota

Douglas C-47 Dakota

Douglas C-47 Dakota détruit

Destroyed Douglas C-47 Dakota

This table illustrates the flight formation adopted by the air unit in charge of transporting paratroopers on June 6, 1944 during Operation Neptune, as part of the No. 16 serial. The position and the corresponding number (written in chalk on aircraft) are listed as well as the aircraft serial number and the pilot name when known.

#1
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-92717
Krebs
#3
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100730
#2
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
43-15087
Luoma
#7
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100928
Hyde
#4
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100912
Graham
#9
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100940
Tibbot
#8
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100942
Wigen
#6
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
43-15069
Lottimer
#5
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100732
Landenberger
#10
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100901
Anderson
#12
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100902
Goodwin
#11
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100909
Budd
#16
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100908
Orcutt
#13
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100904
Smith
#18
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100907
Lewis
#17
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
43-15084
Webb
#14
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100906
Morton
#19
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100965
Cooper
#21
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100920
Murphy
#20
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100919
Roberson
#25
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100911
Curtis
#22
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100916
J. Smith
#27
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100914
Keller
#26
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100917
Douglass
#24
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100733
Zeuner
#23
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100977
Wilcoxson
#28
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100921
Southard
#30
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100931
Gentry
#29
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100929
Conner
#34
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100925
Locke
#31
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100927
Rozneck
#36
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
43-15076
Oliver
#35
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100930
Riffel
#33
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100735
Vogel
#32
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100926
Yonker
#37
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100932
Neal
#39
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100939
Windus
#38
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100933
Johnson
#43
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100935
Thompson
#40
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100934
Seeley
#45
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
43-15182
Liska
#44
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100941
York
#42
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
43-15168
Bonafede
#41
Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain
42-100669
Vanech

 

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