D-DAY - UNITS

Pathfinders - Plane #15 (Utah Beach)

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The 507th, commanded by 1st Lt. Joseph, 507th Parachute Infantry, flight led by Captain Minor, Air Corps. Flight took off on time at North Witham. Dropped on designated DZ accurately, on time. At time of drop, pathfinder personnel and pathfinder aircraft were subjected to heavy anti-aircraft fire. The jumpers, on reaching the ground, found themselves in a German Troop concentration. Due to aggressive action of enemy troops, the DZ was not set up according to SOP. No lights were turned on. One Eureka was set up by this pathfinder team twenty minutes prior to scheduled drop of first serial. Eurekas were triggered fifteen minutes prior to drop of first scheduled serial. All elements appeared on time. These elements were widely scattered upon arrival, apparently due to action of enemy anti-aircraft fire. A maximum of fifty aircraft dropped their parachutists on the DZ. Eureka remained in action twenty minutes after scheduled time of last serials. A few strays dropped after scheduled time.

(Source: Report of D-Day Pathfinders activities - 11 June 1944)

Paratroopers
First Lieutenant George R. O'Brian  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, Hq & HqCo
Technical 5th Vincent Brophy  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, Hq & HqCo
Technical 5th Robert C. Mitchell  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, Hq & HqCo
Technical 4th William O. Armstrong  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, C Co
Private First Class John R. Bergendahl  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, Hq & HqCo
Private First Class Fred L. Burns  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, C Co
Private First Class Walter E. Chaney  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 2nd Bn, F Co
Private First Class Amos R. Cundiff  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 1st Bn, A Co
Private First Class John Despot  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, Hq & HqCo
Private First Class John D. Dickinson  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 1st Bn, Hq & HqCo
Private First Class Donald C. Hansen  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, B Co
Private First Class Warren H. Jones  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, C Co
Private First Class John C. Mortzfeldt  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 504th PIR, 1st Bn, A Co
Private First Class Thomas E. Munden  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, A Co
Private First Class Robert E. Olsen  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, A Co
Private First Class Paul E. Pachowka  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, C Co
Private First Class William R. Wolf  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, C Co
Private Zigmund Hojnowski  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, A Co
Private Thompson J. Morris  [view folder] 82nd Airborne Div., 507th PIR, 1st Bn, A Co
Aircrew
First Lieutenant Edward B. McIntosh  [view folder] Pilot
Second Lieutenant Robert E. Hoffman  [view folder] Co-pilot
Second Lieutenant Fred S. Peter  [view folder] Navigator
Technical Sergeant Vito Bonasoro  [view folder] Crew Chief
Staff Sergeant Lloyd F. Klein  [view folder] Radio Operator