James J. FARRELL
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ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 33254402 | |||||||||||||||||
AGE | 26 yo | |||||||||||||||||
DATE OF BIRTH | 14 July 1918 | |||||||||||||||||
STATE | Blair County PENNSYLVANIA | |||||||||||||||||
FAMILY | Married | |||||||||||||||||
RANK | Pvt | |||||||||||||||||
FONCTION | Paratrooper | |||||||||||||||||
JOB before ENLISTEMENT | Semiskilled cranemen, derrickmen, hoistmen, and shovelmen | |||||||||||||||||
DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 2 october 1942 Altoona PENNSYLVANIA | |||||||||||||||||
COMPANY | Company I | |||||||||||||||||
BATTALION | 3rd Battalion | |||||||||||||||||
REGIMENT | 506th Parachutiste Infantry Regiment | |||||||||||||||||
DIVISION | 101st Airborne Division | |||||||||||||||||
DATE OF DEATH | 6 june 1944 | |||||||||||||||||
STATUS | KIA | |||||||||||||||||
PLACE OF DEATH | Magneville | |||||||||||||||||
DATA PLAN | Douglas C-47 - type A-75-DL - s/n 42-100905 9X*? Chalk #15 Macr: 6167 Mission: Serial 16 Mission Albany - Paratroopers Transportation of 506th 101st AB - DZ D à Angoville au Plain et l’heure de largage est 1h43. Position of the C47: 6juin1944.com Take Off: Station 463 Exeter, Devon UK For a drop at 01:40 Shots by flak | |||||||||||||||||
CEMETERY COMMUNAL | CEMETERY COMMUNAL of Magneville | |||||||||||||||||
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CEMETERY TEMPORARY of Blosville | |||||||||||||||||
CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville | |||||||||||||||||
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DECORATION |
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STORY | ||||||||||||||||||
Married, James enlisted for airborne troops in October 1942. He joined the 506th P.I.R. who was at Camp Toccoa in Georgia. Camp Toccoa
Fort Benning
Early December is the transfer to Fort Benning for parachute jump training. The program consists of four one-week phases. The second week is reserved for learning about folding, simulation of jumping from platforms (model planes, 10m tour, etc…) to learn how to fall.
On September 3, James and the regiment boarded the SS Samaria from where they landed on September 15 in Liverpool. Trains will take the men south of Hungerford in Witlshire and will then be assigned to their various quarters A rigorous training regime will begin in the camps and surroundings of the English countryside, complete with jumps and forced steps. On may 11 it is Exercise Eagle, where only the 101st Airborne Division participates and which will take place in conditions almost identical to those that the men will have the opportunity to experience on D-DAY. They will embark in C-47 with a flight time identical to what they will live over the sea and then towards the Drop Zones on the continent, and this will be the opportunity to work with the 9th Troop Carrier Command. At the end of May, James prepares his package, the order has arrived to embark towards the airfields. This famous day, so long awaited since its arrival in the airborne troops is approaching; all these training since 1942, all these efforts to finally experience what it has come to be. James arrived at Exeter Aerodrome in Devon where the 440th TCG of 95th TCS was parked.
James settles in the camps prepared for the troops. James arrived at Exeter Aerodrome in Devon where the 440th TCG of 95th TCS was parked. On June 3, paratroopers were notified of the departure date, but the bad weather pushed it back 24 hours. D-Day is set for Tuesday, June 6. It is 11:50 pm, this Monday, June 5, when the C-47 42-100905 belonging to the 440th TCG and piloted by the 1st Lieutenant Ray B. PULLEN takes off and joins the formation for setting up before heading to Normandy and Drop Zone "D"Located near Angoville-au-Plain, the drop time is scheduled for 0143. The C-47 is in position 15 in serial 16. James is in position 13 in his stick.
The mission of the third battalion is to seize two bridges at the mouth of the moat and establish a bridgehead. The area of Negreville is complicated to cross, certainly it is in the area of the Cotentin that the C-47 is hit at one of its engines. The bodies will be buried initially in the mass grave at the cemetery of Magneville. |
Crew of Douglas C-47 - type A-75-DL - s/n 42-100905 Chalk #15 |
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1st Lieutenant | Ray Ben PULLEN | Pilot | 95th TCS - 440th TCG | Dead - Farmington Cem. KENTUCKY | |
2nd Lieutenant | John M GREELEY | CoPilot | 95th TCS - 440th TCG | Dead - Riverview Cem. INDIANA | |
S/Sergeant | Sidney H SALTZMAN | Radio | 95th TCS - 440th TCG | Dead - Mount Sharon Cem. Springfield, PENNSYLVANIA | |
S/Sergeant | Finney W GORDON | Dispo | 95th TCS - 440th TCG | Dead - Mem Park Cem. Tulsa, OKLAHOMA | |
Crew Paratroopers |
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1st Lieutenant | Gerald V Jr HOWARD | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Cim Am Ardennes Neupre (Belg) | |
Pfc | Warren K CARNEY | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | |
Pfc | John J KITTIA | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | |
Pfc | William R OLSEN | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | |
Pvt | James J FARRELL | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | |
Pfc | Frederick H SMITH | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead | |
Pvt | Paul J WEBER | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - St-Andrew Cem. Shields, MICHIGAN | |
Pvt | Howard PHILLIPS | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Aragon Cem. GEORGIA USA | |
Pvt | Glen L WEIRICH | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - MIA - Tablets Cambridge | |
Pvt | Clarence M WRIGHT | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - MIA | |
Pvt | John A WRIGHT | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | |
Sergeant | Robert TODD | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | |
T/4 | John E BRAY | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Greenwood Cem. New Orleans, LOUISIANA | |
Cpl | Donald K BIGNALL | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Cim Am Colleville-sur-Mer | |
Cpl | Marvin Murry STALLINGS | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Fort Sam Houston Nat Cem. San Antonio, TEXAS | |
T/5 | Orville R VANDERPOOL | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Coop Prairie Cem. Mansfield, ARKANSAS | |
Pfc | Gilbert AMABISCO | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - St-Marys Cath Cem. Sacramento, CALIFORNIA | |
Pfc | Richard L CALHOON | Paratrooper | 506th PIR - 101st AD | Dead - Mound Grove Cem. Independence, MISSOURI | |
Stele in memory of men who fell during the C47 crash at Magneville
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INFORMATION SOURCES | Aad.archives.gov - Francecrashes39-45.net - Bruno CADEVILLE |
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PICTURE SOURCE | Frederick JARED - Frédéric LAVERNHE - Bruno CADEVILLE |
PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |