42-100589

This former 84th Squadron D-Day veteran C47 42-100589 lives on as the turboprop fitted AC47 gunship FAC1667 with the Fuerza Aérea Colombiana (FAC) Colombian Air Force; still in front line military service 75 years after D-Day.

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Units served with

437th Troop Carrier Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Troop Carrier

People

Herman Fox

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 437th Troop Carrier Group 84th Troop Carrier Squadron
Service Numbers: O-815871
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Ramsbury

Site type: Airfield

Missions

A C-47 Skytrain of the 438th Troop Carrier Group tugs a glider, as it takes off from Greenham Common on D-Day. Handwritten caption on reverse: '438 TCG. Greenham Common, 6/6/44.'

IX Troop Carrier Command Field Order 1

Date: 6 June 1944
Official Description:

Revisions

Date26 Apr 2020 13:39:19

ContributorHotelie1970

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FACEBOOK Friends of the WW2 437th Troop Carrier Group page

Date26 Apr 2020 13:37:44

ContributorHotelie1970

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David Saidel, from Mission Orders for Mission Galveston Serial 34, Glider Towing drop: 0700 hrs D+1