61 Troop Carrier Group. 15 th squadron.
FROM : Barkston Heath Airfield. EGYE.
Altitudes :
-Wing Assembly Point : ATLANTA 1500 MSL
-Command assembly Point : ELKO : 1500 MSL
-Command departure point : Flatbush : 1000 MSL
-Over water bound : 500 MSL.
-IP : PEORIA : 1500 MSL
-DZ 700 MSL
-DZ to Gallup : 100 MSL climbing to 3000 prior to crossing GALLUP.
-GALLUP to ELKO : 3000 MSL.
Speeds : Enroute : 140 MPH Return : 150 MPH Paratroop speed not exeed 110 MPH
Time Schedule :
Start Engines : 2315
Taxi : 2322
Take off : 2352
Group Departure ( Barkston ) 0009
WPT ATLANTA : 0031
FLATBUSH 0136
IP PEORIA 0223
DZ "T" : 0232
Photo of La Fière ans Iron Mike with the Merderet as it was in 1944 (February 2020).
Photo of Picauville Chapel 6 june 2019 comemorative parachuting.