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American paratroopers reflect confidence as they fly over the Channel enroute to the invasion coast
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Exeter Airfield, England, 1944: American paratroopers reflect confidence as they fly over the Channel…

Exeter Airfield, England, 06/04/1944

SC 377578Field no. ETO-HQ-44-4705RG 111
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American paratroopers reflect confidence as they fly over the Channel enroute to the invasion coast. These were among the first assault troops to land on the Continent.

Date
06/04/1944
Place
Exeter Airfield, England · approximate position
Photographer
Nehez
Units
101st Airborne Division, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment
SC number
377578
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-4705
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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