Sgt Elmer L. Murray Jr., NCO of “E” Company, 506th PIR 101st Airborne Division, took off from Uppottery, UK on a combat drop as part of Operation Albany. While over Sainte-Mere-Eglise the plane was hit by AA fire, causing one of the engines to burst into flames. The pilot tried to land the plane in a field by the RN13 but it clipped a hedgerow and exploded, killing everyone aboard. The wreck burned for three days. No bodies were ever found and vegetation hasn’t grown on the crash site to this day. Murray’s unit was represented in the TV series Band of Brothers. He left behind his wife Nancy, to whom he wrote the following poem It’s Always You:

“Whenever it’s early twilight,
I watch ‘till a star breaks thru
Funny, it’s not a star I see –
It’s always you.

Whenever I roam through roses
And lately I often do
Funny, it’s not a rose I touch
It’s always you.

If a breeze caresses me
It’s really you strolling by
If I hear a melody
It’s merely the way you sigh.

Wherever you are you’re near me
You dare me to be untrue
Funny, each time I fall in love
It’s always you.”