Glider Research Help Needed 6th June 44

Hi all
I am new to this Forum and I am learning to navigate my way around. I hope this post is in the right place.
I have been researching for over three years and my passion is events in and around St Mere Eglise and mainly consists of events With the 82nd Airborne. For the past year I have been researching an event that occurred on the Rue de la Cayenne. This is a road that leads out of St mere Eglise on the West side and leads down to Chef du Pont. On the Rue de la Cayenne there was a roadblock and at this roadblock a Jeep hit the mines laid there by the 505th PIR. MY MISSION IS TO FIND THE OCCUPANTS OF THAT JEEP. This is a tall order as they were not named and as far as accounts go were unidentifiable. If I do find possibilities for the two occupants I know I will never be able to say 100% that these are the two but I have to follow this up as it is eating away at me that they are not recorded and named. so over a year ago I started with the first testimony of accounts that seemed to point to the troops coming from a Glider that landed near to the roadblock. This led me to do all the research on Lt Howard Parks 78th TCS, 435th TCG. With the aid of my friend in Holland who is a wealth of information I got the names of the troopers and cargo that landed in this Glider. I have researched all the names of the 320th GFA that landed in this Glider and proved that they were not the ones involved at the road block incident.
What I need now is a new lead. But my research was not all in vein as I did manage to narrow things down on the timelines and the location/ direction the jeep came from.
I need to find another Glider to research. A Glider that landed Between St Mere Eglise and Chef du pont. This Glider must come in in the first wave with all the Airborne troops because the incident at the roadblock happened on the morning of the 6th June 44. Also its cargo must be a Jeep and a 57mm Anti Tank Gun. I Believe it could more than likely be Mission Detroit, but can not say for certain. Sorry for the long post but I like to be thorough so as to not waste peoples time.
Many Thanks
Glyn

 

That is a book that I found also. I have it in my collection now. The report of the troops hearing it coming comes from Leslie Palmer cruises testimony and should not be attributed the the rue du la ceyanne incident. Leslie's account should be attributed to another road block on the east of st mere eglise. Pointing west was His road block was at the Y junction that leads to la fiere and chef du pont. The glider in his story landed in what is now the car park of Super U. I need to find the info on this glider also in the future to complete that roadblock account.

 

Hi all I have been browsing the forum and finding my way around. On the map page there is a Glider that I am keen to find more about as ths will clear up my Northern roadblock research. It is Glider US30/4108/1129. It is located in the car park of super u. As for the south side roadblock I am leaving that research for a while. Sometimes i find it is good to close the research for a period to let the mind recover. Anyway if there is any info on the glider in question please let me know. I hope it is mission Detroit and came in around 04:05 but we will see. Oh and Pat thanks for the welcome to the site in your reply to my post. I did not get chance to thank you in my reply as I was just rushing out to work and felt obligated to type a quick response... Thanks all Glyn

 

Mmmm curious.. I am not sure which one Pat. I am presuming it would be the one in the top of the picture. The one that remains mostly intact. It looks like the Glider at the bottom came in pretty hard. So probably the tail was detached and cargo unloaded over a longer period of time... All I am going on is the timeline of an event. Glider landing between 04:00 and 04:30. how long did it take to take the bolts out and remove the tail. Presuming it did not detach in the landing of course.