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_GLIDER ECHELON
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NO OF GLIDERS TAKING OFF FROM DEPARTURE AIRFIELD
0 71 22 89 81 I 0
(A) All lanue, afely and returntx to Proper"
I I 0 22 I 0 385
2 I I ________ ________
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T 0 0 209
4
3 NO OF GLIDERS CRASH LANDED ON LZ
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i Al i i
0
-1
0
0
O 2 0 0 0 0 0
O 0
3
on D * 10.
(2) Gliaer crushed - 4 personnel killed
and jeep destroyed.
IIN ENGLAND (L) (E) (A) 0 O 0 (3) Glider crashed - 1 killed, 2 injured,
1 0 1 0 1 0 (0)
p- 2 0 57 1 returned, jeep siashed.
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.1 1 9 1 0 0 82
NO OF GLIDERS KNOWN TO HAVE LANDED IN CHANNEL 1(w) 1 ___ ___ __
(4) Glider smashed - 2 injured, jeep
5 0 0 0 0 O 0
4 (P) (M) (F) (C) damaged, but repaired, 2 personnel returned.
NO OF GLIDERS KNOWN TO HAVE LANDED ON ENEMY 0 0 0 I 0 4 7 0 0 0 17
6 (U) 0 O 0 (C) All rescued and -etzrned to haie.
TERRITORY ON CONTINENT 0 0 0 10 (G)
NO OF GLIDERS KNOWN TO HAVE LANDED IN FRIENDLY 0 0 0 0 O 0 6 0 0 0 0 16 (D) Landed O.K. - All personnel and equipment
7 TERRITORY ON CONTINENT. (X) (N) - (H) O reported in D
0 0 0 (B) 0 9.
0 O 9 0 5 16 0
0 0 0 0 31
8 NO OF GLIDERS UNACCOUNTED FOR (E) 2 crashed over ho-ne airdlrome, § personnel
0 0 0 O 0 killed, 1 hwitzer and 1 jeep destrored.
9 4 0) 11 2 0 0
NO OF PERSONNEL TAKING OFF BY GLIDER AND LANDING 0 0 0 0 26
9 0 0 (F) All picked - O.K.
SAFELY ON LZ 0 0 0 554 337 190 24 159 0 0 0 0
1341 (G) All landed safely, persornnel of 4 h3ve
10 NO OF PERSONNEL INJURED O O '0
o 0 4 0 0 returned - 2 other loads reported safe in
0 0 O 2 6-K 5-L 0 0 22 hands of undergrond. 12 personnel returned
0
II NO OF PERSONNEL UNACCOUNTED FOR O by D 4 10.
0 0 69 O 0 0
0 0 0 23 0 59 6 0 0 157
0 0 (0) All landed safely and reportea in to unit
12 NO OF JEEPS TAKING OFF AND ARRIVING SAFELY ON LZ O 0 by U * 10 - 15 personnel.
0 0 14/11 0 0 0 0 0
12/10 31
6/31 (I) Landed O.K.
0 I/I 34/4 39/22 0 0 136/ 7 €.
13 NO OF TRAILERS TAKING OFF AND ARRIVING SAFELY ON LZ O 0
0 0 9/8 0 0 0 0 0
12/-12 2N/18 0 21/I 12/10 0 0 81 /49 (J) (1) 2 jeeps arrived by D * 10.
0
14 NO OF GUNS TAKING OFF AND ARRIVING SAFELY ON LZ 0 0 (2) 1 trailer arived hy D 4 10.
0 0 2/6 0 0 0 0 0
2/9 12/I1 12/ 0 24/14 0 69/40
0 (K) Resupply.
15
NO OF JEEPS DAMAGED ON LANDING OR LOST ENROUTE O 0 O 0 -7
L-
0 0 3 0 0 0 WJ) (0)
I 2 51 (L) Landed O.K.
5 0 30 11 0 0
16 JO OF TRAILERS DAMAGED ON LANDING OR LOST ENROUTE 0 WJ) (R) O O 0
S 0 I 0 0 0 0 (9) Rescued O.K.
F I 0 3 0 20 4 0 0 28
17 NOOF GUNS DAMAGE nN ANI ls fn , ci Pior r .(S) O 0
(N) All personnel and equipment reported in
0 0- 2 0 0 0 by D + 10.
0 3 I 12 6 0 0 O 0 24
O 0 "
(NONE ON D+3,4 B 5) (0) Landed O.K. and returned to depart ire baie.
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NO OF PERSONNEL INJURED
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V
0
0 0
3-K
9-1
0
0 0
NO OF PERSONNEL UNACCOUNTED FOR
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3L 0 0 0 0
I ~
____I 1010 Jo JoJoJoJ
0 0 0
12 I NOOF JEEPS TAKING OFF AND ARRIVING SAFELY ON LZ I
c
0 16/15 5/4 II 0
0 0
0 0
23/22 (1) All gliders on D 4 6 were ones that
had returned to departure bases, after
0 0 0 o Li 0 10/9 3/3 0/0 0 0 13/12
being scheduled to arrive on D,, D 4 1 or
14 NO OF GUNS TAKING OFF S ARRIVING SAFELY ON LZ I -
0 0 0
D +2.
H±IsW:
0 0 (2) Approximately 500 remaining personnel
( (K)
0 0 ~ 0 0 0 12/12 3/2 0/0 0 0 (K) 15/14 from 327th Glider Infantry and 907th Field
15 NO OF JEEPS DAMAGED ON LANDING O6 LOST EIROUTE 0 0 0 Artillery Bn flown to Brussels airport by
(T) C-47 and joined units by D + 10.
0 0 C) O O 0
I
0
0 0 0 2
0
16 NO OF TRAILERS DAMAGED ON LANDING OR LOST ENROUTE 110 Jo Jo I o o Jo I o Jo o o 0 0 O 0
-1
NO OF GUNS: DAMAGED ON LANDING OR LOST ENROUTE 0 0 0 0
0 0 0
v
(T) 0
.____ O 0
0 0
NO OF GLIDERS TAKING OFF FROM 5EPARTURE 1BASES IN UK
SUMM4A MY OF GLIDER ECHELON
(INCLUDES 8 TAKING OFF RDTIME) N40 OF GLIDERS DOWN IN FRIENDLY TERRITORY
NO OF GLIDERS ARONING SAFELY ON OESGNATED .Z 34 NO OF PERSONNEL CARRIED SAFELY TO LZ 4505
77 NO OF PERSONNEL LANDED6THRHAATL
NO OFLIDERS CRASHED ON LZ
--
I4 a WHO EVENTUALLY JOINED UNIT 2"39
NO OF GLIDERS DOWN IN UK " 97 NO OF GLIDERS CRASHED NO OF PERSONNEL KNOWN KILLED IN CRASHES
JObas.-.-
IN UK 6 ------ 29
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.NOOF LIDERS DOUWN IN CHANNEL 21
fI 1 ,o OF GLIDERS CRASHED ON CONTINENT
14
NO OF PERSONNEL KNOWN INJURED IN CRASHES
41
NO OF GLIDERS DOWN IN ENEMY TERRITORY 21
N4 OF GLIDERS UNACCOUNTED FOR
~B I 30
NO OF PERSONNEL UNACCOUNTED FOR 225
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ALL GLIDERS WERE CG-4 A
D- DAY ALL TUGS WERE C-47 TRANSPORT
I NO OF GLIDERS TAKING OFF FROM DEPARTURE AIRFIELD 0 8 0 0 8 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 - 70 ALL SINGLE TOW
95% HAPNOCO - PILOT
ALL GLIDERS WERE TO LAND ON ONE LZ 2 MILES NW OF
ZON, HOLLAND
2 NO OF GLIDERS LANDING ON LZ WITHOUT ACCIDENT .0 7 0 0 7 7 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 9 8 53
(A) (I) TUG PLANE SHOT DOWN, GLIDER LANDED OK
3 NO OF GLIDERS CRASH LANDING ON LZ 3 PERSONNEL 8' JEEP JOINED UNIT ON D I
0 I 0 0 I I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 (2) SAME AS (I) 3 PERSONNEL 8 JEEP JOINED UNIT
ON D+2 •
(P2I
NO OF GLIDERS KNOWN TO HAVE LANDED IN ENGLAND 2
(B) TOW ROPE BROKE AND GLIDER MADE FORCED LANDING
t I-$ 1 t-t-i I * I-I + I 4 f 4 I 4-.-------I IN ENGLAND, TOOK OFF AGAIN D+2 BUT FORCED BACK
NO OF GLIDERS KNOWN TO HAVE LANDED IN CHANNEL (B3) BY FOG. TOOK OFF AGAIN ON D+6 AND ARRIVED SAFELY
10 0o 0o 0o00 010 0 0
I I A L.~........L .1
NO OF GLIDERS KNOWN TO HAVE LANDED ON ENEMY (A) (C) GLIDERS WING COLLAPSED AFTER BEING HIT BY FLAK a I
TERRITORY ON CONTINENT 2 1010 010 010 010 012 3 GLIDER PLUNGED TO GROUND. ALL OCCUPANTS BELIEVED
KILLED, 3 PERSONNEL S ONE JEEP.
i- -- . .-. - t iI t t - t 4i
NO OF GLIDERS KNOWN TO HAVE LANDED IN FRIENDLY
TERRITORY ON CONTINENT (D) TWO BULLDOZERS BROUGHT IN
i I -t i t $
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+ i 41 -L-1..J 1
(E) BROUGHT IN 42 TONS OF SUPPLIES
NO OF GLIDERS UNACCOUNTED FOR 0 0 0
t t t 4 i I 4 1 (F) 5 PERSONNEL RESCUED AND RETURNED TO ENGLAND OK.
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YTGLIUE RANDU LANDING
1 1 1-- II i it
EQUIPMENT (TRAILER WITH RADIO) LOST.
SAFELY ON LZ 23 252
(GfITUG SHOT DOWN, GLIDER LANDED OK. 3 PERSONNEL a
10 NO OF PERSONNEL INJURED0 I 0 0 2-K0I0 TRAILER REPORTED INTO DIV. C.P WITH ALL EQUIPMENT.
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(2) AiRCORPS REPORTS GLIDER CRASHED AND ALL
OCCUPANTS BELIEVED KILLED. 5 PERSONNEL 8 TRAILER.
OF PERSONNEL UNACCOUNTED FOR 0
(H) (I) GLIDER CUT LOOSE, CAUSE UNKNOWN, AND LANDED
12 NO OF JEEPS TAKING OFF AND ARRIVING SAFELY 10 4/4 0 0 8/7 5/4 6 1 /I O 0 0 0 0 j2/200 05/12/5 43/32
SAFELY. 6 PERSONNEL REPORTED INTO DIV. C.P. D+7
TRAILER 8k EQUIPMENT TURNED OVER TO CANADIAN ARMY.
(2) GLIDER CUT LOOSE. 3 MEN KNOWN RETURNED TO UK.
OF TRAILERS TAKING OFF AND ARRIVING SAFELY 3/3 2/2 2/2 NO INFORMATION OF OTHER THREE 8 TRAILER.
0 3/3 2/2 18/13
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i i FOUR PERSONNEL AND TRAILERS LANDED SAFELY AND
14 NO OF GUNS TAKING OFF AND ARRIVING SAFELY 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RETUJRNED TO REAR BASE, CAUSE OF FORCED LANDING.
(J) 3 MC)TORCYCLES
15 NO OF JEEPS DAMAGED ON LANDING OR LOST ENROUTE 0 0 0 .0 BROUGHT IN D - DAY. 6 MOTORCYCLES
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 II BROJ JGHT IN D4 i
i • (K) TWO
16 NO OF TRAILERS DAMAGED ORLOST ENROUTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENLISTED MEN RESCUED AND RETURNED TO UK.
0 0 0 4 0 JEEP NOT
RECOVERED.
17 NO OF GUNS DAMAGED 00A , TE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 LOOSE OVER READING,CAUSE UNKNOWN.LANDED
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BASE LY. 6 PERSONNEL IAND TRAILER RETURNED TO
IN UK.
NO OF TRAILERS TAKING OFF AND ARRIVING SAFELY 7/7 12/12 I/I10 8/8 10/10- 15/14 21/21 23/23 5/4 (U) NOREPORT- BELIEVE GLIDER AND TUG PLANE BOTH
111/109 SHOT DOWN.
£ 1
1S N0OFJEEPSDAMAGEDONLANDIN'ORLOSTENRQ.T 0 0 0 I 1 I 0 0 0 0 0 I 0 o o o o
- O A D E- ..-.- I
16 NO OFTRAILERSDAMAGED OR LOST ENROUTE 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 0 0 I 02
17 NIOOFGUNS DAMAGED OR LOST ENROUTrE .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I0 0 0 i0 0 0o *o
. 0 0 0
ANNEX 2A.
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PARACHUTE ECHELON
D-DAY - SEPT. 17, 1944
and
D+3 SEPI 209 19 4 '
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NO. OF PLANES ASSIGNED TO UNIT 'hi
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m i 12 4366
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43
NO. OF PLANES TAKING OFF 1299 135i 132
i .12-i I3 4,366 (A) Battery "B" only arrived on
NO. OF PLANES DROPPING ON (B) D + 3.
43
19 129 () Dropped o two DZ' s, center of
CORRECT DZ 9 13,4 131
'3 13 4344 impact on DZ "A" was about 1500
NO. OF PLANES KNOWN TO HAVE yds
but due
4 (D) r-
- - --- F- --- - dropwest of' designated DZ,
was nicely concentrated
0 0 0 0 0 and pattern excellent; center of"
DROPPED LOADS ELSEWHERE r(,)
19 impact
miles MRon of
DZ designated
OA-l" was some three
m
DZ,, but
again concentrated, and pattern
IND-OF PLANES UNACCOUNTED FOR. ------ 1------- excellent.
F (C) Plane shot down by fl k near
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16 NO. OFWOUNDS
NC
SOt PERSONNEL
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[4. OF PERSONNEL KALD BY REASON OF C I 10 -p - - -
---- I
I LR*4CTM~ OF PARACWUTE. C C 10
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, OF PERSIEL WHO REFUSED TO JUAIP C C
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D-RETURNED TO BASE C I
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SEABORNE ECHELON
D+! TO D+7 SEPT. 18 TO 24, 1944
REMARKS
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NO. OF PERSONNEL
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267 . ,,aD
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OT.0 (A) I EM wounded
2EM missing
Destroyed: 1 - 4..ton truck
1 - 1-ton trailer
2 1/2 TON TRUCKS 0 6 0 24 26 25 26 4 a II 8 16 0 71 - 3/4-ton truck
I 3 5
(B) 1-ton trailer wrecked enroute.
BULLDOZERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
MOTORCYCLES 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
AMBULANCES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 7
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ANNEX 4-A
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ANNEX 4-B
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