Serial 20 (1 of 2)

SALTBY AIRFIELD - SERIAL 20 - HQ 2nd (1 of 2)
The 62nd Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Group flew the 508th 2nd Battalion into Normandy. Six V's of aircraft, 3 to a 'V', formed up for the assault flight. Designation - Drop Zone 'N' with a Green Light time of 0208. Similar serials of aircraft flew the other 2 battalions that night. (Read crew member report)
Legend: P-Pilot, CP-Co-Pilot, N-Navigator, RO-Radio Operator, CC-Crew Chief, RT-Radar Technician, J-Jumpmaster
Flight 1	Chalk #1 C-47 #43-15326 Paratroopers - Hq2nd P Col Clayton Stiles CP 1st. Lt Fred D. Evans N 1/Lt John J. Welsh RO SSgt Joseph M. Desnoyers H 1/Lt. Francis B. Giblin* * Radar Gee Operator CC TSgt Leo J. Rigard J - LTC Thomas J.B. Shanley	Chalk #2 C-47 #43-15221 Paratroopers - Hq2nd P 1/Lt Jack E. Downhill CP 1/Lt Harold Poling N 1/Lt George J. Anzelon RO Sgt John A. Albin CC Sgt Chester W. Ross	Chalk #3 C-53 #42-68707* Paratroopers - Hq2nd P 1/Lt Edward E. Bohnsack CP 2/Lt James L. Kay RO Cpl Ralph K. Teague CC Cpl Roger Johnson
	Chalk #4, C-47 #42-93002 Paratroopers 18 - Hq2nd P Capt Charles S. Cartwright 0-731943 CP F/0 Alma H. Magleby T-926 N 2/Lt Edward L. Osborne 0-805327 (WIA) RO SSgt Frank A. DeLuca 3245328 CC SSgt Raymond H. Farris15114703 J - Capt George Simonds** * Shot Down	Chalk #5 (C-47?) #42-24329 Paratroopers - Hq2nd P 1/Lt Lawrence S. Ludicello CP 2/Lt Irvin L. Fuchs RO Sgt Philbert O. Chase CC Sgt John W. Faust	Chalk #6 C-53 #42-68721 Paratroopers - Hq2nd P 1/Lt Walter E. Stark CP 2/Lt William C. Morgan RO SSgt Herbert Caldwell CC TSgt Theodore C. Bruce
	Chalk #7 C-47 #42-93092 Paratroopers - Hq2nd P Capt Floyd H. Hogan CP 2/Lt Frank A. Bellinger N 2/Lt Donald E. Bell RO Sgt Reginald W. Stephens CC Sgt Ned M. Smith	Chalk #8 C-47 #42-23929 Paratroopers - Hq2nd P 2/Lt Marvin F. Rich CP 2/Lt Frederick J. Kelly RO SSgt Dayton R. Smith CC TSgt Fielding J. Armstrong	Chalk #9 C-47 #42-68706 *** Paratroopers - Hq2nd P 1/Lt Stephen C. Grigsby CP 2/Lt John C. Peterson RO Cpl James E. York CC TSgt Gordon C. Van Dragt
Legend * landed at emergency field with one engine out on D-Day - crashed, Sainte Mere Eglise * 1 parapack failed to deploy (NOTE: this aircraft later converted to C-53 and flown by by American Airlines)