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  2. Mission Boston - Wikipedia

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    Boston was the second of two combat jumps, with "Mission Albany" preceding it by one hour to drop the 101st Airborne Division. Each mission consisted of three regimental-sized air landings. Drop Zones T and N were west of the Merderet River from north to south, and Drop Zone O was east of it, just northwest of Sainte Mère Église.

  3. Mission Albany - Wikipedia

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    Each mission consisted of three regiment-sized air landings. The drop zones of the 101st Airborne Division were east and south of Sainte-Mère-Église and lettered A, C and D from north to south. (Drop Zone B had belonged to the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) before the plan was changed on May 27.)

  4. American airborne landings in Normandy - Wikipedia

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    Those of the 82nd were west (T and O, from west to east) and southwest (Drop Zone N) of Sainte-Mère-Eglise. Each parachute infantry regiment (PIR), a unit of approximately 1800 men organized into three battalions, was transported by three or four serials , formations containing 36, 45, or 54 C-47s, and separated from each other by specific ...

  5. Mission Detroit - Wikipedia

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    The landing zone for mission Detroit was near Sainte-Mère-Église, to the west of Utah Beach. The objective of the division was to secure the town of Sainte-Mère-Église and to take the bridges along the Merderet River.

  6. Mission Elmira - Wikipedia

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    C-47s cut loose their CG-4 gliders over the landing zone.Picture was taken south east of Ste Mere-Eglise showing Landing Zone W at Les Forges, where the N13 highway and Chef-du-Pont - Ste.Marie-du-Mont road intersect., [1] The first two serials of 76 tug-glider combinations came under heavy ground fire just before the release point.

  7. Utah Beach - Wikipedia

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    D-Day at Utah began at 01:30, when the first of the airborne units arrived, tasked with securing the key crossroads at Sainte-Mère-Église and controlling the causeways through the flooded farmland behind Utah so the infantry could advance inland. While some airborne objectives were quickly met, many paratroopers landed far from their drop ...

  8. Air war during Operation Overlord - Wikipedia

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    These highly dispersed units, which were brought to their destination by 443 C-47s and 82 cargo gliders, were also able to fulfill their mission, which included capturing the small town of Sainte-Mère-Église. The three airborne divisions suffered combined losses of more than 3,000 men in the first three days of the invasion.

  9. Kampfgeschwader 54 - Wikipedia

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    It mined the Seine bay on 8/9 June. I./KG 54 used fragmentation bombs against Arromanches and Lion-sur-Mer on 9/10 June. It bombed Sainte-Mère-Église on 10/11 June and had lost 13 machines by the 11 June. [7] It flew some air drop missions on 12 June, but until 18 flew attacks against invasion shipping using PC 1000s, BM 1000s, and LT 350s.