314th Troop Carrier Group

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C-47 Skytrains of the 314th Troop Carrier Group lined up in France. Written on slide casing: '314TCG, 24/3/45.' media-395781.jpg FRE 7063 C-47 Skytrains of the 314th Troop Carrier Group lined up in France. Written on slide casing: '314TCG, 24/3/45.' Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 7063 - C-47 Skytrains of the 314th Troop Carrier Group lined up in France. Written on slide casing: '314TCG, 24/3/45.'

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Saltby

Based

Poix-en-Picardie

Other

Assigned 12th Air Force

Other

Assigned 9th Air Force

Encompassing

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
Major Bennett Y Allen, a glider officer of the 314th Troop Carrier Group with his CG-4A Glider. Image via Dave Benfield. Written on slide casing: '314 TCG.'
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Role/Job: Glider pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group
  • Service Numbers: 35431625
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32560061
  • Highest Rank: Corporal (RAF)
  • Role/Job: Radio operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11045839 / O-729108
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group
  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group 32nd Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group
  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group
  • Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
  • Unit: 314th Troop Carrier Group

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Units in the UK from ETOUSA Station List, as transcribed by Lt. Col. Philip Grinton (US Army, Retired) and extracted by IWM; air division data from L.D. Underwood, based on the 8th Air Force Strength Report of 6th August 1944, as published in 'The 8th Air Force Yearbook' by Lt. Col. John H Woolnough (1980)

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