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E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment , 101st Airborne Division, United States Army. Formation The 506th PIR was an experimental airborne regiment created in 1942 at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. E Company missions were to involve being parachuted from C-47 transport airplanes into hostile territory. The company included three rifle platoons and a headquarters section. Each pla...
101st Airborne Division paratroopers – Serial 12 Dakota C-47 42-93095 crashOperation Neptune – D-Day – Battle of NormandyThere were five crew members and 17 paratroopers on this flight and they all perished in the crash. The paratroopers were members of HQ Group, Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division.The plane was piloted by 1st Lieutenant Harold Andrew C...