To
preserve and honor the memory and share the stories of those who
served at Tamerville and Valognes
Before
D-Day, June 6, 1944 |
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Army
Air Forces: Downed Planes and Crews |
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Units | Dates in 1944 | Notes |
B17
42-97136 8th Army Air Force 384th Bomber Group 544th Squadron |
Shot
down near Tamerville on April 27 during a raid on
the Nazi
V-2 site at Sottevast in Normandy. Crashed near La Pont du Durand, two miles south of Rocheville, six miles west of Valognes. Missing Aircraft Crew Report (MACR) # 4350. |
Crew
of 10 killed. Summary Full report (downloads PDF file) Source: 384th Bomber Group history site From; THE ARMY AIR FORCES IN WORLD WAR II: COMBAT CHRONOLOGY, 1941-1945 by Carter / Mueller, the Office of Air Force History, on the site of the 8th Air Force Historical Society Mission 322 narrative 384BG Mission Report |
B17
42-107056 "THE DENVER DOLL" 8th Army Air Force 100th Bomber Group (Heavy) 13th Combat Wing 349th Squadron |
Shot
down on April 28 during a raid on the Nazi
V-2 site at Sottevast in Normandy. Crashed near Tamerville |
Crew
of 10, seven killed, three captured. Missing 100BG aircraft on 1944-04-28 from 8th Air Force Historical Society |
B17
42-107024 8th Army Air Force 100th Bomber Group (Heavy) 13th Combat Wing 349th Squadron |
Two
flak hits in nose on April 28 during a raid on
the Nazi
V-2 site at Sottevast in Normandy. | Crashed Croix Jacob, south of Cherbourg, 8 km west of Valognes. Missing Aircraft Crew Report # 4234. |
Crew
of 11, 6 killed, five captured KIA Col. Robert H. Kelly, Command Pilot Co-Pilot: Capt Bill Lakin, Navigator: Capt Joe Payne Engineer / Top Turret Gunner: Jim Brown, Waist Gunner: John Spiker, obs-T/Sgt Delbert Barnhart{Fighter Gp} POWS Bombardier: Maurice Cain, Radio Operator: Leo Cannon, Ball Turret Gunner: Albt Freitas, Tail Gunner: Lt Herb Alf Missing 100BG aircraft on 1944-04-28 from 8th Air Force Historical Society Thanks to the late Captain Joe Payne's nephew Andrew Payne for reviewing this for accuracy. |
A20
HAVOC 9th Army Air Force 409th Bomber Group (Light) |
June
6 Missing Aircraft Crew Report # 5655. Serial Number 43-10128 |
Crew: Sgt Vernon V. Reich Source: Sgt. Reich's cousin Stephanie Vance |
P51 |
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D-Day, June 6. 1944 | ||
Units | Date | Notes |
C47
42-92415 442eTCG/303eTCS 442nd Troop Carrier Group (306th Squadron), 9th Army Air Force carry troops of the 1st.Battalion,.507th Parachute Infantry Regiment,82nd Airborne Division |
Shot down near Tamerville on June 6, D-Day | Crew:
Pilot Lt John Jacob PRINCE, Sgt Ralph Earnest CHARLTON , Flight Officer Joseph Kahn LOEB ,Escaped with assistance of the French resistance. Sgt Francis Hugo SCHULTZ.:Captured & made a POW Passengers: S/Sgt.Carl H.Yarrington Cpl.Joseph J.Vavro Pvt.William J.Wilbert Pvt.George Popivchak Pvt.Clarence McGlothren Pvt.Lewis M.E.Stroud Pvt.Nathan D.Corley Pvt.Hobert Conger Cpl.Grady C.Bragg Pfc.Claude B.Keyes Pfc.John Petrullo Pfc.Ted R.Williams Pvt.Anthony S.Leptuck Pvt.Willard R.Trivett Sgt.Stanley J.Melnick |
After
D-Day: Liberation |
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Liberation by Army Ground Forces | ||
Units | Dates in 1944 | Notes |
8th and 12th Infantry Regiments of the 4th Infantry Division | June 19, 20 & 21 | As
the 8th and 12th Infantry advanced, the Germans abandoned
Tamervillle and retreated north to Cherbourg. Company I, 3d Battalion, 8th Regiment Map |
4th Medical Battalion, clearing station and headquarters units or companies | June 21 | They were initially were stationed at Tamerville but were soon withdrawn further to the rear because of German fire. |
After Liberation: Signal Corps and Army Service Forces | ||
Signal Corps * | ||
Units | Dates in 1944 | Notes |
17th Signal Operation Battalion | July 1 to 8 | Installed, operated, and dismantled.switching centrals at Valonges |
Detachment of the 980th Signal Service Company | Worked with a team from Company C, 3104th Signal Service Battalion (below). | |
One cable section, 3104th Signal Service Battalion | July 5 to about late October or early November. | This
one cable section of the 3104th may have consisted of
about one officer and eleven enlisted men. The 3104th was the cable team responsible for the transatlantic cable from the U.S. to France. In late October or early November, this section o f the 3104th went to Urville-Hague west of Cherbourg where a new cable head was constructed. |
Team from Company C, 3104th Signal Service Battalion, Army Service Forces | Until August 7 | With a detachment from the 980th Signal Service Company selected sites, constructed buildings, installed a complete 15-kilowatt Press Wireless radio teletypewriter transmitter station in an apple orchard near Valognes, erected a rhombic antenna oriented towards England, and established a cross-channel radio relay circuit. They also installed two Federal 1-kilowatt transmitters and fifteen SCR 399A 300-watt transmitters. They had communications services available when COMZ headquarters opened at Valognes on August 7, 1944. |
Company C, 3110th Signal Service Battalion, Army Service Forces | July 26 to August 18 | Company C was the 3110th’s Open Wire Repair Section with pole and wire construction and maintenance responsibilities. From Tamerville, Company C went to Cherbourg. |
Companies A & B, 3110th Signal Service Battalion | August 24 to September 5 | From Tamerville, Companies A & B went to Paris. |
* To date the 3110th is the only Signal Corps unit that has been confirmed to have been in the Army Service Forces. The other Signal Corps units at Tamerville and Valognes may also have been as they were neither Army Ground or Air Forces units. | ||
Army Service Forces | Arrived August 7 | Headquarters at Valognes until it relocated to Paris. |
Unofficial Informal Archive of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Northwest Europe in WWIIINDEX: Felix A. Cizewski & WWII |
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