COMBAT JUMP

 

Date: 8 November 1942
Units:
509th Parachute Infantry Battalion (PIB)
Operation: TORCH
Troops: 556
Country: Algerie
Drop Zone: Tafaraoui, La Senia


Date: 15 Novembre 1942
Units: 509th PIB
Operation: TORCH
Troops: 350
Country: Algerie
Drop Zone: Youks les Bains

Date: 24 December 1942
Units: 509th PIB, 2 units french parachutes
Operation: TORCH
Troops: 32
Country: Tunisie
Drop Zone: El Djem


Date: 9 July 1943
Units: 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion (1
st jump); 505th Regimental Combat Team (RCT), Includes: 505th PIR, 456th PFA & Co. B, 307th Engr.
Operation: HUSKY I
Troops:
3.406
Country: Italy
Drop Zone: Gela (near Ponte Olivo airport), Sicily


Date: 11 July 1943
Units:
504th Regimental Combat Team (RCT), Includes: 504th PIR, 1st & 2nd Btn.; 376th PFA & Co.C, 307th Engr.
Operation: HUSKY II
Troops:
2.304
Country:
Italy
Drop Zone: Gela, Sicily


Date: 5 September 1943
Units: 503th PIR
Operation: ALAMO

Troops: 1.700
Country New Guinea
Drop Zone: Nadzab, Markham Valley


Date: 13 September 1943
Units: 504th Regimental Combat Team (RCT) Inclu
des: 504th PIR, 376th PFA & Co.A, 307 Engr.
Operation: AVALANCHE
Troops:
1.300
Country: Italy
Drop Zone: Paestum, Salerno


Date: 14 September 1943
Unis:
505th Regimental Combat Team (RCT). Inclu
des: 505th PIR, 456th PFA & Co.B, 307 Engr.
Operation: AVALANCHE
Troops:
2.105
Country:
Italy
Drop Zone: Salerno, Paestum


Date: 14 September 1943
Unit: 509th PIB
Operation: AVALANCHE
Troops:
640
Country: Italy
Drop Zone: Avellino


Date: 6 June 1944
Units:
82nd Airborne Division (507, 508) 505th RCT, Inclu
des: 505th Parachute Infantry Reg., Co. B/307 Engineer Battalions & 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalions. 507th, 1st, 2nd & 3rd Pathfinder Battalions. Jumping in 300 feet, 28 Pathfinders, 504th PIR (7 returned) jumped at 2:40 am.
Operation: TITANIC (Jump of paratrooper dummies: "Oscar")
Operation: OVERLORD (NEPTUNE)
Troops: 6.418
Country: France
Drop Zone: Normandy


Date: 6 June 1944
Units:
101st Airborne Division [326, 377, 501, 502, 506]
jumped at 1:40 am.
Operation: TITANIC (Jump of paratrooper dummies: "Oscar")
Operation: OVERLORD (NEPTUNE)
Troops: 6.638
Country:
France
Drop Zone: Normandy


Date: 3 July 1944
Units: 503rd PRCT, 1st Bn.
Operation: TABLE TENNIS (CYCLONE)
Troops: 739
Country:
New Guinea
Drop Zone: Noemfoor Island


Date: 4 July 1944
Units: 503rd PRCT, 3rd Bn.
Operation: TABLE TENNIS (CYCLONE)
Troops: 685
Country:
New Guinea
Drop Zone: Noemfoor Island


Date: 15 August 1944
Units:
1st Abn.
Task Force (460th PFA, 463rd PFABn.; 509th PIB; 517th PCT; 551st PIB; 596th PCEng. Co.) (Jump of 300 paratrooper dummies before the assault)
Operation: ANVIL DRAGOON (RUGBY)
Troops: 5.607
Country:
France
Drop Zone: Cote d' Azur, Riviera


Date: 17 September 1944
Units:
82nd Airborne Division (508), 505th RCT, Includes: 505th PIR, 456th PFA, & Co.B, 307th Engr.; 504th RCT, Includes: 504th PIR, 376th PFA, & Co.A, 307 Engr
Operation: MARKET GARDEN
Troops:
7.250
Country:
Holland
Drop Zone: Grave & Nijmegen


Date: 17 September 1944
Units:
101st Airborne Division [501, 502, 506]
Operation: MARKET GARDEN
Troops:
6.769
Country:
Holland
Drop Zone: Eindhoven


Date: 29 November 1944 - 5 December 1944
Units:
11th ABN. Div., Co.C, 127th Abn.Eng, Bn. Co.C., 1st Pl.., 187th P/GIR 221st AB. Med. Co.; 457th PFA 11th Abn. Div. Hdqt's Group 511th Pcht. Signal Co. 11th Abn. Div. RECON Pl.
Parachuting 1 men at the same moment on the tray "Tabletop" using planes Cub L4 and L5 and 1 C-47 which made 14 passages.
Operation: TABLETOP
Troops: 241
Country: Leyte, Philippines
Drop Zone: Manarawat

Date: 3 & 4 February 1945
Units:
11th ABN. Div., 511th PIR, 457th FABn.
Operation: 3/45 Jump of 240 paratrooper dummies (Oscar) on the Mountain Malepunyo before the main assault.
Operation: SHOESTRING
Troops: 1.830
Country: Philippines
Drop Zone: Tagaytay Ridge (North-west of Lake Taal)


Date: 16 February 1945
Units:
503rd PRCT, 462nd PFABn; 161st Airborne Engr. Btn.
Only assault air/sea.  
Operation: TOPSIDE
Troops: 2.050
Country:
Philippines
Drop Zone: Corregidor


Date: 23 February 1945
Units: 11th ABN. Div., 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment: 1st Btn., Co.B; Hdqt's Co., 1st Btn.; Hdqt's Co., 1st Btn., Section of light machine gun, jumped in 400 feet a 7:00 am.
Operation: Sauvetage (2.147 prisoners of war)
Troops: 130
Country: Philippines
Drop Zone: Los Banos Camp of prisoner


Date: 24 March 1945
Units: 17th Airborne Division (507 PIR, 513 PIR, 464 PFA, 466 PFA, 139 AEB, 224 AMC, 155 AAB, 411 AQM, 517 ASC, 680 GFA 681 GFA, 717 AOC & 194 GIR). Other small unities: MP's, Division Artillery, Reconnaissance Platoon, & Parachute Maintenance Co.
Operation: VARSITY 
Troops: 4.964
Country: Germany
Drop Zone: Wesel


Date: 23 June 1945
Units: 11th ABN. Div., 511th PIR
Operation: GYPSY
Troops: 1.030
Country: Philippines
Drop Zone: Aparri