US AIRBORNE
1st Airborne Task Force
ORDER OF BATTLE
Composition (around 10.000 men):
- Headquarter 1st ABTF (110 men)
- Paratroopers:
2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group (IPBG) British
Brigadier CHV Pritchard (2632 men)
Which is composed of :
-4th Para Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel H.B.Coxen
-5th(Scottish) Para Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel D.Hunter
-6th(Royal Welch) Para Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel V.W.Barlow
-1st Independent Parachute Platoon
-127th Para Field Ambulance
-2nd Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers
-751st Para Brigade Company
-2nd Independent Para Brigade Group Signals, Reme Workshop et Provost Section.
-172nd DID Heavy Aerial Resuply Company.
517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team (PRCT) American.
Which is composed of :
-517th Parachute Infantry Regiment PIR - Colonel Rupert D Graves (2058 men)
-460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB) - Lieutenant Colonel Raymond L Cato (570 men)
-596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company (PCEC): 2nd et 3rd Platoon - Capitaine Robert Dalrymple (135 men)
509th Parachute Infantry Combat Team (PICT)
Which is composed of :
-509th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) - Colonel William P Yarborough (705 men)
-463th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (PFAB) - Lieutenant Colonel John T Cooper (573 men)
-596th Parachute Combat Engineer Company le 1st Platoon - Lieutenant Raymond C Hild (65 men)
551st Parachute Infantry Battalion (PIB) - Lieutenant Colonel Wood Joerg (736 men)
A group of French paratroopers from the Bataillon de Choc of the 1st RCP (20 men).
- Glidertroopers :
-550th Glider Infantry Battalion (GIB) - Lieutenant Colonel Ed Sachs ( 582 men)
-602nd Glider Field Artillery Battalion (GFAB) - Major Hunt and Dressler (657 men)
-64th British Light Artillery Battalion (BLAB) - Major Duncan (121 men)
-30th Antitank Air Landing Battery - Major Potter (110 men)
-Antitank Company du 442nd " Nisei " Infantry Regiment - Lieutenants Scotland and Farris (167 men)
-83rd Chemical Mortar Battalion - D Company - Capitaine LaKey (185 men)
-2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion - A Company - Lieutenants Goodell and Perrott (185 men)
-512th Airbone Signal Company - Lieutenant Ingui (131 men)
-676th Medical Collecting Company - 164th Medical Battalion du Major Smith (104 men)
-887th Airbone Aviation Engineer Company - Capitaine Shamen (165 men)
-Military Platoon de la 1st ABTF du Lieutenant Wade