1st Lieutenant Zeuner was the pilot of
C-47A Skytrain #42-100733, serving with the
96th Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group,
9th Air Force in World War II.
Departed the airdrome at Exeter, Devon,
England with four crew and nineteen members of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division on the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy to retake German-occupied France.
After an unsuccessful pass over the designated drop field, the aircraft began to head back out over the coast. Lt. Johnston of the 3rd Battalion told the pilot to turn back. He then made his jump. In doing so, he witnessed the transport come under intense, concentrated machine gun fire from the Germans. How many of the paratroopers jumped before the C-47 crashed is uncertain.
Killed In Action were:
2nd Lt. William H. Zeuner, Pilot
2nd Lt. Harry N Lumsden, Jr, Co-Pilot
SSgt. Albert T Margotto, Crew Chief
Cpl. William F Bellinghausen, Radio Operator
Paratroopers (an incomplete list):
Pvt. Keith K Bryan
PFC Harry L Burg, Jr
Pvt. George V Fernandez
Pvt. Edwin Finder
Pvt. Jesse M Hawkins
PFC Bryant L Hinson
SSgt. James H Japhet
Pvt. George J Karalunas
Pvt. Robert C Kinzy
Sgt. Beverly J Manlove
Pvt. Roy Mezo
PFC Alvin D Poynter
PFC Christopher C Smith
Sgt. Victor A Turkovich
PFC Newton P Weathersby
2nd Lt. Floyd R. Johnston (survived)
Pvt. Raymond L. Crouch (survived)
Pvt. Leonard S. Goodgal (survived)
Missing Air Crew Report 7157.
C-47A Skytrain #42-100733, serving with the
96th Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group,
9th Air Force in World War II.
Departed the airdrome at Exeter, Devon,
England with four crew and nineteen members of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division on the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy to retake German-occupied France.
After an unsuccessful pass over the designated drop field, the aircraft began to head back out over the coast. Lt. Johnston of the 3rd Battalion told the pilot to turn back. He then made his jump. In doing so, he witnessed the transport come under intense, concentrated machine gun fire from the Germans. How many of the paratroopers jumped before the C-47 crashed is uncertain.
Killed In Action were:
2nd Lt. William H. Zeuner, Pilot
2nd Lt. Harry N Lumsden, Jr, Co-Pilot
SSgt. Albert T Margotto, Crew Chief
Cpl. William F Bellinghausen, Radio Operator
Paratroopers (an incomplete list):
Pvt. Keith K Bryan
PFC Harry L Burg, Jr
Pvt. George V Fernandez
Pvt. Edwin Finder
Pvt. Jesse M Hawkins
PFC Bryant L Hinson
SSgt. James H Japhet
Pvt. George J Karalunas
Pvt. Robert C Kinzy
Sgt. Beverly J Manlove
Pvt. Roy Mezo
PFC Alvin D Poynter
PFC Christopher C Smith
Sgt. Victor A Turkovich
PFC Newton P Weathersby
2nd Lt. Floyd R. Johnston (survived)
Pvt. Raymond L. Crouch (survived)
Pvt. Leonard S. Goodgal (survived)
Missing Air Crew Report 7157.
1st Lieutenant Zeuner was the pilot of
C-47A Skytrain #42-100733, serving with the
96th Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group,
9th Air Force in World War II.
Departed the airdrome at Exeter, Devon,
England with four crew and nineteen members of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division on the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy to retake German-occupied France.
After an unsuccessful pass over the designated drop field, the aircraft began to head back out over the coast. Lt. Johnston of the 3rd Battalion told the pilot to turn back. He then made his jump. In doing so, he witnessed the transport come under intense, concentrated machine gun fire from the Germans. How many of the paratroopers jumped before the C-47 crashed is uncertain.
Killed In Action were:
2nd Lt. William H. Zeuner, Pilot
2nd Lt. Harry N Lumsden, Jr, Co-Pilot
SSgt. Albert T Margotto, Crew Chief
Cpl. William F Bellinghausen, Radio Operator
Paratroopers (an incomplete list):
Pvt. Keith K Bryan
PFC Harry L Burg, Jr
Pvt. George V Fernandez
Pvt. Edwin Finder
Pvt. Jesse M Hawkins
PFC Bryant L Hinson
SSgt. James H Japhet
Pvt. George J Karalunas
Pvt. Robert C Kinzy
Sgt. Beverly J Manlove
Pvt. Roy Mezo
PFC Alvin D Poynter
PFC Christopher C Smith
Sgt. Victor A Turkovich
PFC Newton P Weathersby
2nd Lt. Floyd R. Johnston (survived)
Pvt. Raymond L. Crouch (survived)
Pvt. Leonard S. Goodgal (survived)
Missing Air Crew Report 7157.
C-47A Skytrain #42-100733, serving with the
96th Squadron, 440th Troop Carrier Group,
9th Air Force in World War II.
Departed the airdrome at Exeter, Devon,
England with four crew and nineteen members of the 3rd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division on the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy to retake German-occupied France.
After an unsuccessful pass over the designated drop field, the aircraft began to head back out over the coast. Lt. Johnston of the 3rd Battalion told the pilot to turn back. He then made his jump. In doing so, he witnessed the transport come under intense, concentrated machine gun fire from the Germans. How many of the paratroopers jumped before the C-47 crashed is uncertain.
Killed In Action were:
2nd Lt. William H. Zeuner, Pilot
2nd Lt. Harry N Lumsden, Jr, Co-Pilot
SSgt. Albert T Margotto, Crew Chief
Cpl. William F Bellinghausen, Radio Operator
Paratroopers (an incomplete list):
Pvt. Keith K Bryan
PFC Harry L Burg, Jr
Pvt. George V Fernandez
Pvt. Edwin Finder
Pvt. Jesse M Hawkins
PFC Bryant L Hinson
SSgt. James H Japhet
Pvt. George J Karalunas
Pvt. Robert C Kinzy
Sgt. Beverly J Manlove
Pvt. Roy Mezo
PFC Alvin D Poynter
PFC Christopher C Smith
Sgt. Victor A Turkovich
PFC Newton P Weathersby
2nd Lt. Floyd R. Johnston (survived)
Pvt. Raymond L. Crouch (survived)
Pvt. Leonard S. Goodgal (survived)
Missing Air Crew Report 7157.
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