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George Heyward Pender Jr

Military

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Units served with

Two C-47 Skytrains of the 439th Troop Carrier Group fly over Deben in 1944. Image via Ed Ritchie. Written on slide casing: 'C47 Over Debden.'

439th Troop Carrier Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Type Category: Troop Carrier

Aircraft

42-100843

Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group

Missions

A C-47 Skytrain of the 438th Troop Carrier Group tugs a glider, as it takes off from Greenham Common on D-Day. Handwritten caption on reverse: '438 TCG. Greenham Common, 6/6/44.'

IX Troop Carrier Command Field Order 1

Date: 6 June 1944
Official Description:

Places

Aerial photograph of Upottery airfield looking west, the main runway runs vertically, barrack sites are to the bottom right of the airfield, 15 March 1944. Photograph taken by No. 541 Squadron, sortie number RAF/CT/91/541. English Heritage (RAF Photography).

Upottery

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Smeatharpe

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	South Carolina	28 September 1918
Enlisted	Camp Croft, South Carolina	21 March 1942
Died	Spartanburg, South Carolina

Revisions

Date4 Jun 2019 08:28:24

ContributorEmily

Changes

Sources

Enlistment Record via Ancestry