Dave Kramer
MilitaryDouglas C-47A-75-DL Skytrain 42-101025 (MSN 19488) to USAAF Jan 21, 1944. Eighth Air Force 15Mar44. 301st Troop
Carrier Squadron, 441st Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Merryfield (Station 464). Transported
paratroopers of the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone near Sainte-Mère-Église,
Normandy, France on Mission ‘Albany’, 5/6Jun44. Shot down by flak before the drop zone, exploded
and crashed in Bois de Limors, NE of Varengebec, NW of Carentan, Normandy [22KIA].
MACR 7271. 4 crew, 18 parachute troops killed.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Unit: 441st Troop Carrier Group