C-47 D-Day losses over DZ-C
Details:
Situated right next to the Picauville town church.
Monument
A mini-replica of a C-47 overlooks a stone wall with six black plaques with gold lettering commemorating the air crews of the C-47s that crashed in the area while dropping paratroopers on D-Day. A glassed-in container holds one of the C-47's engines.
Monument Text:
Plaque 1:
SOUVENEZ-VOUS
LE 6 JUIN 1944
VERS 1.20 HR
CES EQUIPAGES
AMERICAINS ONT
DONNES LEUR VIE
POUR LA LIBERTE
Plaque 2 (the English translation of the Plaque 1):
REMEMBER
JUNE 6th, 1944
ABOUT 1.20 A.M
THESE AMERICAN
AIRCREWS GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR
FREEDOM
Plaque 3:
US NINTH AIR FORCE
IX TROOP CARRIER COMMAND
50TH TROOP CARRIER WING
439TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP
93RD TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON
C-47A Sn. 42-100876
3B-R
Crew:
2Lt. Marvin MUIR | Pilot |
2Lt. Kenneth C. BELL | Co-Pilot |
2Lt. John A. MARTSAY | Navigator |
S/Sgt. Clifford L. BURGESS | Crew- Chief |
Sgt. Philip A. SYNDER | Radio-Operator |
Plaque 4:
Plaque 4:
US Ninth Air Force
IX Troop Carrier Command
50th Troop Carrier Wing
439th Troop Carrier Group
91st Troop Carrier Squadron
C-47A Sn. 42-100819
L4-0
Crew:
2Lt Master F. SARGEN | Pilot |
F/O Steve C. BARAN | Co-Pilot |
TSgt Walter F. GENDRON | Crew- Chief |
SSgt Melvin SCHULLANBERGER | Radio-Operator |
Plaque 5:
US Ninth Air Force
IX Troop Carrier Command
53rd Troop Carrier Wing
435th Troop Carrier Group
77th Troop Carrier Squadron
C-47A Sn. 43-30734
IB-P
Crew:
Capt John H. SCHAEFERS | Pilot |
2Lt Thomas ASHWORTH | Co-Pilot |
1Lt Joseph J. SULLIVAN | Navigator |
TSgt Melvin ISSERSON | Crew- Chief |
SSgt David MACKENZIE | Radio-Operator |
Plaque 6:
US Ninth Air Force
IX Troop Carrier Command
53rd Troop Carrier Wing
435th Troop Carrier Group
77th Troop Carrier Squadron
C-47A Sn. 42-24077
IB-J
Crew:
1Lt James J. HAMBLIN | Pilot |
2Lt Joseph E. KOWALSKI | Co-Pilot |
SSgt Milton E. JONES | Crew- Chief |
Sgt Clarence A. REVERSKI | Radio-Operator |
Plaque 7:
Apres le decollage de la base de Upottery, Grande Bretagne
dans la nuit du 5 au 6 Juin 1944
Le C-47 nr. serie 42-100819 devait connaitre une fin tragique.
Apres avoir ete touche par la flak Allemande,
il s'ecrasait en flammes au lieu dit "la maison de haut"
Les seize parachutistes et les quatres hommes d'equipage
y trouvant la mort.
Ce moteur, Pratt & Whitney 1830 nr. P-133538 fut decouvert en 1986
sur les lieux du crash par la
famille DENNEBUOY
English translation:
The C-47 N 42-100819 met a tragic end on the night of 5 to 6 June 1944. After its takeoff from Upottery airbase in the UK, it was hit by German AA fire and crashed in flames in "the high house" area. All sixteen paratroopers and four crewmen died in the crash. This Pratt & Whitney motor 1830 N P-133538 was discovered in 1986 at the crash site by the Dennebouy family
Plaque 8:
L'emplacement ou est situe le monument
a ete offert par
Monsieur et Madame Auguste SEHIER
Picauville
English translation:
The land on which this monument was built was donated by Mr and Mrs Auguste Sehier of Picauville
Commemorates:
People:
Eugene Willard Gene Morrison
Units:
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
77th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group
91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group
93rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group
9th Troop Carrier Command
United States Air Force
United States Army
Wars:
WWII
Battles:
Normandy Invasion
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