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439th Group's D-Day drop in Operation MARKET, DZ N, 1.5 miles south of Groesbeek, near the German border, Nijmegen sector, 17 September 1944. Aircraft was on autopilot approaching and over the DZ, as was author's practice. Capt. Wesley D. Harris, 307th Airborne Engineer Bn, C Company commander and his stick jumped from the author's aircraft. Capt. Harris was one of the chief engineers of the famous Waal River crossing by the 82nd Airborne Division, for which he received the DSC. In Chalk No. 3, on author's left wing, is 1st. Lt. Henry L. Harris and crew of the 91st TC Sqdn. In this stick was Sgt. William E. Kero, whose heroic actions on 20 September 1944 cost him his life, and in whose honor a monument now stands in front of the 82nd Airborne Museum at Fort Bragg, NC. For a closer view of Chalk No. 3 in this formation, see close-up. |
