60th Troop Carrier Group

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Paratroopers of the 503rd US Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain of the 60th Troop Carrier Group. Another C-47 (serial number 41-7767) is visible in the background. Passed for publication 23 Sep 1942. Handwritten caption on reverse: '23/9/42. 2nd Batt. 503 US Parachute Infantry Reg.' Printed caption removed from reverse. On reverse: Calcraft Illustrated, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps]. media-408747.jpg FRE 3377 Paratroopers of the 503rd US Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain of the 60th Troop Carrier Group. Another C-47 (serial number 41-7767) is visible in the background. Passed for publication 23 Sep 1942. Handwritten caption on reverse: '23/9/42. 2nd Batt. 503 US Parachute Infantry Reg.' Printed caption removed from reverse. On reverse: Calcraft Illustrated, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps]. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

Object Number - FRE 3377 - Paratroopers of the 503rd US Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain of the 60th Troop Carrier Group. Another C-47 (serial...

Although with the Twelfth Air Force, the Group flew its C-47 Skytrains from St. Eval and Predannack airfields in Cornwall, England for its first mission: dropping paratroops into Oran, Algeria, in the early hours of Operation Torch, which began on 8 November 1942. The Group dropped paratroops into behind the lines during the Allied ground invasions of Tunisia, Sicily and Greece. The Group also dropped military supplies to partisan forces in the Balkans.

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Chelveston 12 June 1942 - 7 August 1942

Based

Aldermaston 7 August 1942

Other

Assigned 12th Air Force

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Assigned Air Transport Command

Encompassing

People

Donald Lee Adsmson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 60th Troop Carrier Group 11th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Role/Job: pilot

Joseph Albert Beck

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 60th Troop Carrier Group 94th Troop Carrier Squadron 12th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-402363
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Richard B Howes

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 60th Troop Carrier Group 10th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-659710
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Pat Meeks

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 60th Troop Carrier Group 11th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-659318
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

John J Orbon

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 60th Troop Carrier Group 10th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13026228
  • Highest Rank: Private

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Air Force Combat Units of World War II

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / The Mighty Eighth. A History of the Units, Men and Machines of the US 8th Air Force.' by Roger A. Freeman (1989). 'Air Force Combat Units of World War II' compiled by the Department of the US Air Force, edited by Maurice Maurer (1983).

60th Troop Carrier Group: Gallery (1 items)

Paratroopers of the 503rd US Parachute Infantry Regiment prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain of the 60th Troop Carrier Group. Another C-47 (serial number 41-7767) is visible in the background. Passed for publication 23 Sep 1942. Handwritten caption on reverse: '23/9/42. 2nd Batt. 503 US Parachute Infantry Reg.' Printed caption removed from reverse. On reverse: Calcraft Illustrated, US Army Press Censor ETO and US Army General Section Press & Censorship Bureau [Stamps].

Object number: FRE 3377 - Paratroopers of the 503rd US Parachute Infantry...