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LT HENRY LEFEBVRE'S STICK FOR D-DAY |
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 Historic
Note
The aircraft ferrying Lt.
Lefebvre's stick on D-Day (ref photo below) was dubbed "Satan's
Revenge" (tail number 42-100863) and was flown by the 99th
Squadron of the 441st Troop
Carrier Group.
The same aircraft was used on
September 17, 1944 for the stick led by Lt. John Foley. On
that sortie, the aircraft was
hit by a heavy concentration of anti-aircraft fire near the drop
zone at Groesbeek and crashed in flames near Linden, NW of Cuijk killing its crew
of four and 508th paratrooper Ralph P.
Bellesfield. The crew members included pilot 1st Lt. James O.
Martin; co-pilot 1st Lt. Walter A. Voight of Red Rock, Texas; crew
chief Staff Sgt. Vernon C. Kassekert of St. Paul, Minn; and radio
operator Staff Sgt. Anthony P. Biondo of Akron, Ohio |
 (Front row, kneeling, l-r]
James Stassola, Roland Hicks, Clyde Smith Johnny Roberts, Raymond Perry,
Charles Sciandra
{Leaning over]
Robert Benthin, Kenneth Hook, Robert Union
[Standing] Robert White, Robert Savage, Edward J. Focht, James Myers,
Dale Albertson, Lester Green, Richard Hunt, Vincent Dushensky
(Photo by Henry Lefebvre)
Read
"The Fate of One Stick In Company A" |
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NAME AND
RANK |
UNIT |
FATE |
| Pvt Albertson, Dale |
Co A |
Died 2001 |
| Benthin, Robert W. |
Co A |
Died 1993 |
| Dushensky, Vincent
S |
Co A |
Died 1991 |
| Focht, Edward J |
Co A |
KIA, 6 June
1944 |
| Green, Lester Roy |
Medic |
POW,
Died 1994 |
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Hicks, Roland B |
Co A |
Deceased ? |
| Hook, Kenneth H |
Co A |
Died 2009 |
| Hunt, Richard L |
Co A |
Died 1998 |
| Lefebvre, Henry E "Hank" |
Hq/2 |
Died 2010 |
| Myers, James L |
Co A |
KIA, 6 June
1944 |
| Perry, Raymond J |
Co A |
Re-enlisted
at Ft Bragg, 1946, then ? |
| Roberts, John W |
Co A |
? |
| Savage, Robert
J |
Co B |
KIA 9 January
1945 |
| Sciandra, Charles
N |
Co A |
POW, Deceased ? |
| Smith, Clyde |
Co A |
Died 2009. |
| Stassola, James P |
Co A |
KIA, 6 June
1944 |
| Union, Robert E |
Co A |
KIA, 6 June
1944 |
| White, Robert B |
Co A |
Died 2006 |
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