aboard an aircraft troop carrier that crashed - MACR 6167, C-47 serial number 42-100905 (MSN 19368) Aircraft was given to USAAF Jan 1, 1944. Eighth Air Force 8 Mar 44. 95th Troop Carrier Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Exeter (Station 463); named ‘Donna Mae’. Transported paratroopers of the 1st Platoon of I Company, 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment to a drop zone near Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Albany’, 5/6Jun44. Shot down before the drop zone by enemy ground fire, crashed near Le Férage, Magneville, Normandy [22KIA]. 21 casualties related to the #42-100905 incident on June 6, 1944.Crew of C-47A Skytrain #42-100905 from the 9th Air Force

Pilot: 1st Lt. Ray B Pullen, KY fold3 O-684552
Navigator: S/Sgt. Finney W Gordon, OK fold3 18162875
Co Pilot: 2nd Lt. John M Greeley, IN fold3 O-696567
Radio Operator: S/Sgt. Sidney H Saltzman, PA fold3 13154470

Paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division

Gilbert Amabisco :: Paratrooper 39396357
Donald E Bignall :: Paratrooper 19138691
John E Bray Jr :: Paratrooper 18149697
Richard L Calhoon :: Paratrooper 17088338
Warren K Carney :: Paratrooper 17068499
James J Farrell :: Paratrooper 33254402
Gerald V Howard Jr :: Jump Master O-1011179
John J Kittia :: Paratrooper 6877969
William E Olson :: Paratrooper 16102618
Howard A Phillips :: Paratrooper 34768635
Frederick P Smith :: Paratrooper 13104102
Robert L Todd :: Paratrooper 12131770
Orville R Vanderpool :: Paratrooper 6297766 06297766
Paul J Weber :: Paratrooper 36575829
Glen L Weirich :: Paratrooper 35544533
Clarence M Wright :: Paratrooper 20542281 fold3
John A Wright :: Paratrooper 37552915

James J Farrell