from the 61st Troop Carrier Group
USAAF.
Over 1100 paratroops climbed
aboard the 72 aircraft and headed to
Drop Zone Tango to take part in the
D-Day assault.
That autumn, on the morning of the
17th September, 1944, 1st Parachute
Brigade of the British 1st Airborne
Division also deployed from RAF
Barkston Heath, again in C-47 aircraft
of the 61st Troop Carrier Group of
the USAAF.
D-Day was under
way the moment
the wheels of the first
C-47 left RAF North
Witham at 21.59
on the night of
5th June 1944
American servicemen enjoyed the town
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