Stick 2 – 505th PIR – Pathfinders of the 82nd Airborne Division

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Pathfinders of the 82nd Airborne Division

Stick 2 – 505th PIR
Operation Neptune – June 6, 1944

505th PIR: Stick 1 ; Stick 2 ; Stick 3

507th PIR: Stick 1 ; Stick 2 ; Stick 3

508th PIR: Stick 1 ; Stick 2 ; Stick 3

Image : Pathfinders du 2ème bataillon du 505th PIR de la 82ème division aéroportée

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#10

Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain

Kirkpatrick


Pathfinders 2/505

#12

Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain

Suttle


Pathfinders 1/505



#11

Image : avion C-47 Douglas Skytrain

43-15322


Pathfinders 3/505

Airfield: North Witham
Drop zone: DZ “O” (505th PIR)
Drop time: 01:21

Dakota C-47 crew – Shalk 10
Pilot: Captain William S. Kirkpatrick
Co-pilot: First Lieutenant Charles W. Bossardet
Navigator: First Lieutenant Frank J. Liske
Crew Chief: First Lieutenant Charles F. Schoene Jr

Pathfinders – Stick 2 – 505th PIR
First Lieutenant J. J. Smith – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
Second Lieutenant Robert B. Bales – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
Private First Class Anthony J. Demayo – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
Private First Class Julius Eisner – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 2nd Bn, D Co
Private First Class William E. Embury – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
Private First Class Virgil W. Newman – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
Private First Class Dennis G. O’Loughlin – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
Private Fred E. Golden – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 2nd Bn, E Co
Private Lee E. Lovelady – 82nd Airborne Div., 505th PIR, 2nd Bn