Talk:American airborne landings in Normandy

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[edit] Wow

Wow, this has come a LONG way from "Stub" class. However, the main points need to be DIRECTLY cited. Just a note,

Cam 03:18, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

In due time. After 20,000+ edits I believe I have an understanding of the procedures --Buckboard 01:56, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 3 photos are from Operation Market Garden not Normandy

Hello, I am a cargo glider historian and below is a combination of several conversations with other glider historians:

Image C47a-43-15292wgliders shows invasion stripes on the aircraft as half stripes, not full stripes. Normandy used full stripes. Market used half stripes, bottom only.

Image 315tccg-c47-2 C-47 shows a white and a black stripe below the bar and darkened area above the star, upper part of fuselage indicating the stripes have been over painted. This group also is being readied for Market and the photo is NOT in preparation for Normandy.

Image 101st_Airborne_on_D-day-1 should be 101st_Airborne_on_Holland_D+1: http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Press/jfq_pages/editions/i48/29.pdf There is no sign on the leading edge of the visible glider wing or C-47 wing of the stripes... Market's half stripes are not visible on the leading edge. Normandy's full stripes were visible on the leading edge. A living (2007) relative and custodian of Gen. Anthony McAuliffe papers has been trying to correct the fallacies surrounding this photograph for quite some time. This photo was taken September 18, 1944. Also McAuliff jumped into Normandy but rode into Holland: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_McAuliffe Pictured he is wearing an inflatable for glider flight and not a 'chute for airdrop. Normandy's D+1 sorties departed in the early AM darkness; noone was smiling at that point in the operation. Pictured emotion didn't strike me as preparatory for the uncertain Normandy assault on Fortress Europe: moral was higher by Holland, especially after the successes of the first day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden

Please correct these photograph's captions; this last one also appears on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-47_Skytrain and gives an incorrect impression on its date, again which was September 18, 1944.

Very Respectfully, Keith H Thoms (including emails from Charles L Day) --14:42, 24 November 2007 (UTC)Lg glidr (talk)

I deleted all 3 since the arguments above make sense for the most part. Items referring to Market have little point appearing in an article on Normandy since the two are opposites in tactical direction. (Plus I am embarrassed that I took them at face value and did not critically examine them before I used them.) As for the picture at the C-47 article, that's somebody else's burden.--Buckboard 06:16, 26 November 2007 (UTC)