The 82nd Airborne troops, Fort Bragg, North Carolina prepare their parachutes at RAF Alconbury, England for the jump during Operation Overlord. The 2nd Airlift Squadron (ALS) Pope AFB, North Carolina, 37th Airlift Squadron (ALS) Rhein-Main AB, Germany and the 41st Airlift Squadron (ALS) Pope AFB, North Carolina deployed to airlift the 82nd and 101st Airborne troops into France to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the D-Day landings
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: OVERLORD
Base: Alconburg
Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
Scene Camera Operator: STAFF SGT Russ Pollanen
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
05/06/1994
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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