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Brian, Good luck with your next visit to Normandy... Based on the information you provided, the 2 Horsa wreck location seems the most likely...

Hi Brian, The coordinates given likely are map coordinates, but they are normally not given in that format. They could be lambert map coordinates...

Fred, the 2 items over his left breast are the 2 ends of a Ribbon... It might be a Meritorious Service ribbon which is (white/burgundy, white)....

Fred, The patch looks very much like the standard ETO patch seen here... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]

Glyn, I agree with Pat on the original glider photo... The lack of invasion stripes, and even the trees look like it was a wreck from a pre-...

Glyn, I don't know too much about the incident, but in the past I marked the roadblock locations on a D-Day aerial I will add to this post. How...

Glyn, As you know, Waco glider would unload through the nose of the glider and the one you are interested in doesn't seem to be in a position to...

Glyn, Not much can be known by looking at the aerials specifically, but it first appears on that June 8th aerial you posted so it wasn't specific...

No idea... also no idea how long after June 6th the photo was taken

Hi Pat, I do remember plotting some Waco gliders that came down in apple orchards, but one that sticks out is on the map I created just north of...

Hi Pat, Yes this is the Pratt field... You can even see the tail of Pratt's Waco in the yellow box along the hedgerow. [ATTACH]

Hi Pat, I believe you are right about the Horsa wing... and I don't think anyone has ever paid enough attention to really notice that before in...

Pat and Kevin, For the record I also believe like you do Pat that chalk #3 landed north to south with a portion of the debris flying into the...

Hi Guys Maybe this that I put together from the forgotten Wings book will help... [ATTACH]

Hi Pat, No, I kind of ruled out the western hedgerow of the Pratt field as nothing could be seen along that hedgerow either. I've more come to...

Hi Pat, Yes I have a high resolution copy of the frame you mention above, and it was taken on June 7th. I came across the frame while searching...

Hi Pat, Any update on the aerial recon photo from NCAP?

Hi Don, I don't have anything new to share... maybe some others do... But have you read this thread topic, more specifically post # 213 and #215....

Hi Bart, I'm not sure what Waco glider he would have been in, and now that you say he was in a glider with a 57mm gun, that complicated things...

Hi Bart, I would love to be able to answer your questions, but there are so few details about passengers either on the manifests of paratroopers...