87th Troop Carrier Squadron

Squadron
media-16552.jpeg UPL 16552 C-47 Skytrain 42-92847 'That's All Brother' of 87th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group, 9th AF. Lead ship of Mission Albany the air dropping of 6600 US paratroops into Normandy, France on the eve of D-Day.

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Object Number - UPL 16552 - C-47 Skytrain 42-92847 'That's All Brother' of 87th Troop Carrier Squadron, 438th Troop Carrier Group, 9th AF. Lead ship of Mission Albany the air...

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Unit stations

Station Location Date

Based

Greenham Common

People

Lucion Nelson Powell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 87th Troop Carrier Squadron Headquarters (437th Troop Carrier Group)
  • Service Numbers: O-339768
  • Highest Rank: Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

John Nichol Shallcross

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 87th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36017324 / O-?
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

William E Smith

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 87th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio operator

Woodrow S Wilson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 438th Troop Carrier Group 87th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

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Sources

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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