National WWII Glider Pilots AssociationLegacy Organization of veterans National WWII Glider Pilots Association. | ||
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Mission Chicago 6 June 1944 SERIAL 27 |
Mission Detroit 6 June 1944 SERIAL 28 |
Mission Hackensack 7 June 1944 |
NORMANDY
11 Serials - 514 gliders
ACCOUNTS
Flight serials and formation
Courtesy– D-Day : Etat des Lieuux
et Patrick Elie
et Patrick Elie
Summary of Operational Missions:
6 June 1944 - Chicago Serial 27
Preparing for the Elmira Mission, Greenham Common.
f000279 Angleterre / Normandie.
Into the Valley (pg.112) Col. Charles H. Young
Neptune Operation air assault route from England.
Neptune Operation air assault route from England.
Courtesy of the National Archives /Hans den Brok collection
A C-47 and Horsa combination takes off from Greenham Common as part of the Elmira mission. The C-47 pictured here would later crash on a glider mission to Holland.
A C-47 and Horsa combination takes off from Greenham Common as part of the Elmira mission. The C-47 pictured here would later crash on a glider mission to Holland.
Courtesy of the National Archives / Hans den Brok Collection<
Tow planes and gliders of the 439th Troop Carrier Group are lines up on the runway before the Hackensack mission.
Tow planes and gliders of the 439th Troop Carrier Group are lines up on the runway before the Hackensack mission.
S. Robert Winer/ Hans den Brok collection
Two gliders of the very first mission in the Normandy fields.
Two gliders of the very first mission in the Normandy fields.