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6 June 1944
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UPL 22889
C-47 crew, just prior to departure to assignment to 62 Troop Carrier Squadron. Flew in all invasions in Europe and Africa, until 1945.
From Robert Garnet
Description
D-Day. Start of Operation Overlord.
Mission Details
Description: LEAFLET DROP (NUMBER UNK)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Mission Statistics
- Tonnage Dropped: NA
- Aircraft sent: 12
- Aircraft effective: 12
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 849th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37504146
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 708th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Revisions
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Lee Cunningham, 8th Air Force missions research database / Stan Bishop's 'Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces', the Combat Chronology of the US Army Air Forces and the work of Roger Freeman including the 'Mighty Eighth War Diary'.