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Elwin R Smith

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Units served with

Personnel prepare to board a C-47 Skytrain (serial number 42-100646) of the 313rd Troop Carrier Group at Nordholz. Image via John Quincy.

313th Troop Carrier Group

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

47th Troop Carrier Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Ninth Air Force

Aircraft

42-32877

Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
Unit: 313th Troop Carrier Group 47th Troop Carrier Squadron

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:

Places

C-47 Skytrains of the 313th Troop Carrier Group line up for take off at Folkingham. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'C-47s, 313 TCG, Folkingham, Sept 1944. D. Benfield. Air 9th Endpapers.'

Folkingham

Site type: Airfield

Revisions

Date8 Mar 2020 15:44:49

ContributorLars K

Changes

Sources

http://www.6juin1944.com/assaut/aeropus/en_page.php?page=s22