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42-100872

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Units served with

A C-47 Skytrain (serial number 42-24269) of the 316th Troop Carrier Group at Goxhill. Handwritten on reverse: ''44. Goxhill. Douglas C-47 - 224269. 316th Troop Carrier Group.'

316th Troop Carrier Group

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

36th Troop Carrier Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Transport

Places

Father Christmas disembarks from a C-47 Skytrain of the 316th Troop Carrier Group to greet a crowd of Children. Image via Dave Benfield. Written on slide casing: '316 TCG, 25/12/44.'

Cottesmore

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: During the preceding fight and during the day over 1,400 C-47’s, C-53’s, and gliders deliver glider troops and paratroops, including 3 full airborne divisions, which are to secure beach exits to facilitate inland movement of seaborne assault troops...

Revisions

Date9 Jan 2019 15:56:09

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

Sources

"Valor Without Arms" , A History of the 316th Troop Carrier Group, 1942-1945, by Michael N. Ingrisano Jr.