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1st Air Commando Group - April 1944 - Burma -gliders
Any info welcome if on 5/6 April 1944 the 1st Air Commando Group (USAAF) had a glider mission to Burma in the ongoing Operation Thursday to beef up Allied forces in that country.
Question to find more details about the death of British Chaplain David Patterson who was killed in a glider crash "between 5 and 6 April 1944" (CWGC). He went to Burma to serve with the Chindits. Thanks for assistance. Regards, Leendert |
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Re: 1st Air Commando Group - April 1944 - Burma -gliders
Hello,
Have sent you a pm Alex |
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Re: 1st Air Commando Group - April 1944 - Burma -gliders
Alex,
Thanks for PM. It so happens that at same time I now found a reference in the online book "Silent Skies: Gliders at War 1939-1945" (p. 94-95) by Tim Lynch. Also see http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/burma/appleton1946/ that set my search in motion. Rev'd Patterson's death somehow must be placed a month earlier when the first glider flights of Operation Thursday began, on 5 March 1944. The chaplain was in a US glider with Chalk 19B piloted by Flight Officer Martin J. McTigue (T-060765) with destination Broadway. It carried some troops of the 1st King's (Liverpool) Reg't. Glider had to cut loose and landed in thick jungle. Patterson was in the co-pilot's seat and got killed, all others survived. While on their long escape march the men got ambushed, with 5 men missing afterwards. One eventually returned, only to report that McTigue was executed (his name is now on the Manila Memorial) and three British privates had died in captivity (Sgt. King, Pvt Booth and Pvt Blundell). It may be so that the date of death of Patterson is with a wrong date on CWGC? On the other hand, it may be that word of his death only reached higher levels a month later. Regards, Leendert |
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Re: 1st Air Commando Group - April 1944 - Burma -gliders
Hello Leendert,
Seems the dates may be when they were found(?) Or after the paper work was completed,is Declared date of death. Two Glider MACR's number 332 and number 15849 both have little info but the name of pilots were Liston, Charles B. 1Lt who's date is given in ABMC as 2nd April 45 and Sharrock, Robert P. 1Lt who's date is given as 1st April 1946. SHARROCK's Glider date was 5th March 1944 and LISTON's was 6th March 1944. McTigue's ABMC date is given as 1st April 1946. All for now Alex |
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Re: 1st Air Commando Group - April 1944 - Burma -gliders
Here is a book that may be useful. I do not own it.
https://www.amazon.com/Project-Comma...=UTF8&qid=&sr= Usual disclaimer, Ed |
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Re: 1st Air Commando Group - April 1944 - Burma -gliders
Hello Leendert,
Is there a record of what squadron the tow plane was from? And the type? Thanks, Bruce
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Re: 1st Air Commando Group - April 1944 - Burma -gliders
What I gathered so far, it was a CG-4 of the 1st Air Commando Group, on 5/6 March 1944 still called 5318th Provisional Unit (Air).
Gliders took off from Lalaghat. I also read that Patterson's glider had a total of 19 British troops of the 1st Bn. King's Regiment (Liverpool) on board, part of a first wave to Broadway. Regards, Leendert |
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Re: 1st Air Commando Group - April 1944 - Burma -gliders
19 troops in a glider with 13 seats for pax (troops)? Six standees in that CG-4A?
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Re: 1st Air Commando Group - April 1944 - Burma -gliders
Hello,
From Geoff's "Hutsix" site - 1st Battalion 5th - 7 5/6th - 16 6th - 9 Alex |
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Re: 1st Air Commando Group - April 1944 - Burma -gliders
Hi guys,
I was asking about the type and unit of the plane that was towing the CG-4, if that is available. I have an interest in a squadron that was in the area. Regards, Bruce
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