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A member of an American Airborne Unit lies dead amongst the wreckage of his glider after crashing in an area, near Carentan, France

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Near Carentan, France, 1944: A member of an American Airborne Unit lies dead amongst the wreckage…

Near Carentan, France, 06/07/1944

SC 320860Field no. ETO-HQ-44-5114RG 111
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A member of an American Airborne Unit lies dead amongst the wreckage of his glider after crashing in an area, near Carentan, France. The jeep which the glider carried is still in the wreckage of the aircraft. 7 June 1944

Date
06/07/1944
Place
Near Carentan, France · exact position
Photographer
Runyan
SC number
320860
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-5114
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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