![]() Because of this intense Flak and the weakness of the new C-46 airplanes, 16 planes are shot down and 7 must landed in emergency. It resulted that the men of the 513th PIR were dropped in a wrong place, too much on the north of their Drop Zone, in the area of the British Drop Zone P (near Haminkeln). The flight was quiet but the fog creates by the British artillery and the intensity of the German anti aircraft artillery (Flak) made some trouble in the Allied armada. The 513th PIR must jump on the Drop Zone X, north of Wesel, Germany. ![]() The second one (36 airplanes), Serial A-6 was made up of the 48th TCS and 47th TCS (this last TCS transported the HQI Cie and probably so the 1st Battalion (completely or partially)). The 3rd Battalion of the 513th PIR was transported (at least in part) with the 29th TCS. ![]() The first one (36 airplanes), Serial A-5 was made up of the 49th TCS and 29th TCS. The Group was made up of the 29th TCS, 47th TCS, 48th TCS and 49th TCS and divided into two series : ![]() Sunday 24, 1945, the men load on the new C-46 planes of the 313th Troop Carrier Group - 52nd Troop Carrier Wing - 9th Troop Carrier Command of the 9th US Army Air Force in early morning.
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