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52 aircraft acted as tugs for an equal number of CG-4A Waco gliders carrying 155 troops, a Clark CA1 bulldozer, sixteen 57-mm (6-pounder) antitank guns, and 25 small vehicles.The designated destination in France was Landing Zone (LZ) E, an area co-located with and slightly overlapping one of the paratroop drop zones, DZ C. The area was chosen as central to the operations of the division and because a BUPS beacon ("Beacon, Ultra Portable S-band") was to be in place there on which the serial commander could guide using the SCR-717 search radars installed in the aircraft of flight leaders.The landing zone was a triangle-shaped area a mile in width at its mile-long base along the road connecting les Forges (a hamlet south of Sainte-Mère-Église) and Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.The weather along its route had moderated from the dense cloud bank and ground fog that had severely disrupted the parachute drops two hours earlier.The moon was setting by release time and obscured by scattered clouds so that without reference to the markers the glider pilots no longer recognized the landing zone.German ground fire was ineffective in the dark, and even though most gliders struck a tree or ditch, most loads were successfully landed without harm.
Douglas C-47 of the 74th Troop Carrier Squadron, 434th TCG.
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