The Order of battle for the American airborne landings in Normandy is a list of the units immediately available for combat on the Cotentin Peninsula between June 6, 1944, and June 15, 1944, during the American airborne landings in Normandy during World War II.
Allied chain of command
Supreme Allied Commander: Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
21st Army Group: Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery
U.S. First Army: Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley
U.S. VII Corps: Maj. Gen. J. Lawton Collins
82nd Airborne Division: Major General Matthew Ridgway325th Glider Infantry Regiment: Col. Harry L. Lewis1st Battalion: Lt Col.Klemm R. Boyd2nd Battalion: Lt Col. John H. Swenson (WIA 11 June 44), Maj. Osmond Leahy, Maj. Roscoe Roy (KIA 15 June 44), Maj. Charles T. Major2nd Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment: Lt Col. Charles A. Carrell (Relieved 9 June 44), Maj. Arthur W. Gardner (KIA 14 June 44); Maj. Osmond Leahy505th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. William E. Ekman1st Battalion: Maj. Frederick C. A. Kellam (KIA 6 June 44), Lt Col. Mark J. Alexander2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Benjamin H. Vandervoort3rd Battalion: Lt Col. Edward C. Krause507th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. George V. Millet (POW 8 June 44), Lt Col Arthur A. Maloney, Col. Edson Raff1st Battalion: Lt Col. Edwin J. Ostberg2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Charles Timmes3rd Battalion: Lt Col. Arthur A. Maloney508th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. Roy E. Lindquist1st Battalion: Lt Col. Herbert F. Batcheller (KIA 7 June 44), Maj. Shields Warren2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Thomas J. B. Shanley3rd Battalion: Lt Col. Louis G. Mendez319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. James C. Todd320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Paul E. Wright376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Wilbur N. Griffith456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Wagner J. d'Alessio80th Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion: Lt Col. Raymond E. Singleton307th Airborne Engineer Battalion: Lt Col. Robert S. Palmer (POW 6 June 44), Maj. Edwin A. BedellPathfinder Group: Maj. Neal L. RobertsAttached:87th Armored Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. George F. Barber746th Tank Battalion: Lt Col. Clarence G. Hupfer899th Tank Destroyer Battalion: 101st Airborne Division: Major General Maxwell D. Taylor327th Glider Infantry Regiment: Col. George S. Wear (relieved 9 June 44) Col. Joseph H. Harper1st Battalion: Lt Col. Hartford T. Salee (WIA 10 June 44)2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Thomas J. Rouzie1st Battalion, 401st Gilder Infantry Regiment: Lt Col. Ray C. Allen501st Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. Howard R. Johnson1st Battalion: Lt Col. Robert C. Carroll (KIA 6 June 44), Lt Col. Harry W. O. Kinnard2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Robert A. Ballard3rd Battalion: Lt Col. Julian J. Ewell502d Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. George Van Horn Moseley, Jr. (WIA 6 June 44), Lt Col. John H. Michaelis1st Battalion: Lt Col. Patrick F. Cassidy2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Steven A. Chapuis3rd Battalion: Lt Col. Robert G. Cole506th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. Robert Sink1st Battalion: Lt Col. William L. Turner (KIA 7 June 44), Lt Col. James L. LaPrade2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Robert L. Strayer3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. Robert Lee Wolverton (KIA 6 June 44), Maj. Oliver M. Horton321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Edward L. Carmichael377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Benjamin Weisberg907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Clarence F. Nelson81st Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion: Maj. X. B. Cox, Jr.326th Airborne Engineer Battalion: Lt Col. John C. Pappas (KIA 13 June 44)101st Pathfinder Company (Provisional): Capt. Frank L. LillymanAttached:65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Edward A. Bailey70th Tank Battalion: Lt Col. John C. WelbornIX Troop Carrier Command
Maj. Gen. Paul L. Williams (Grantham, Lincs)
Command Pathfinder School: Lt.Col. Joel E. Crouch, commandant (RAF North Witham)1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional)Brig. Gen. Julian M. Chappell at RAF Exeter
439th Troop Carrier Group: Lt Col. Charles H. Young (RAF Upottery)91st TCS: Maj. Howard U. Morton92nd TCS: Maj. Cecil E. Petty93rd TCS: Maj. Robert A. Barrere94th TCS: Maj. Joseph A. Beck II440th Troop Carrier Group: Lt Col. Frank X. Krebs (RAF Exeter)95th TCS: Maj. Irvin G. Anderson96th TCS: Capt. William R. Cooper97th TCS: Maj. Jack S. Southard98th TCS: Maj. Bascome L. Neal441st Troop Carrier Group: Lt Col. Theodore G. Kershaw (RAF Merryfield)99th TCS: Lt Col. Walter T. Fletcher100th TCS: Capt. James T. Cousin301st TCS: Capt. Lloyd G. Neblett302nd TCS: Lt. Col. Frederick Funston, Jr.Brig. Gen. Harold L. Clark at RAF Cottesmore
61st Troop Carrier Group: Col. Willis W. Mitchell (RAF Barkston Heath)14th TCS: Maj. Lewis S. Frederick, Jr.15th TCS: Maj. Lawrence C. McMurtry53rd TCS: Maj. Howard M. Betts59th TCS: Maj. Marcus O. Owens, Jr.313th Troop Carrier Group: Col. James J. Roberts, Jr. (RAF Folkingham)29th TCS: Lt Col. Quinn M. Corley47th TCS: Maj. Paul W. Stephens48th TCS: Maj. Edgar F. Stovall, Jr.49th TCS: Lt Col. Frank J. Lumsden314th Troop Carrier Group: Col. Clayton Stiles (RAF Saltby)32nd TCS: Maj. Halac G. Wilson50th TCS: Maj. Joseph H. McClure61st TCS: Maj. Campbell N. Smith62nd TCS: Maj. Arthur E. Tappan315th Troop Carrier Group: Col. Hamish McLelland (RAF Spanhoe)34th TCS: Lt Col. Donald G. Dekin43rd TCS: Lt Col. Otto H. Peterson309th TCS: Lt Col. Smylie C. Stark310th TCS: Lt Col. Henry G. Hamby, Jr.316th Troop Carrier Group: Col. Harvey A. Berger (RAF Cottesmore)36th TCS: Maj. James R. Roberts37th TCS: Maj. Leonard C. Fletcher44th TCS: Maj. Benjamin F. Kendig45th TCS: Maj. Mars Lewis442d Troop Carrier Group: Lt Col. Charles M. Smith (RAF Fulbeck, attached from 50th TCW)303rd TCS: Maj. Robert O. Whittington304th TCS: Maj. Kenneth L. Glassburn305th TCS: Maj. John A. Crandell306th TCS: Maj. Royal S. ThompsonBrig. Gen. Maurice M. Beach at RAF Greenham Common
434th Troop Carrier Group: Col. William B. Whitacre (RAF Aldermaston)71st TCS: Maj. Glenn E. W. Mann, Jr.72nd TCS: Maj. Frank W. Hansley73rd TCS: Maj. Terry G. Hutton74th TCS: Maj. Ralph L. Strean, Jr.435th Troop Carrier Group: Col. Frank J. McNeese (RAF Welford)75th TCS: Maj. Lewis A. Curtis76th TCS: Lt Col. Robert C. Lewis77th TCS: Lt Col. Henry H. Osmer78th TCS: Lt Col. Bertil E. Hanson436th Troop Carrier Group: Lt Col. Adriel N. Williams (RAF Membury)79th TCS: Maj. John D. Kreyssler80th TCS: Maj. Clarence L. Schmid81st TCS: Maj. David W. Brack82nd TCS: Capt. Robert G. Johns85th TCS: Capt. Lester L. Ferguson (temporary attachment from 437 TCG)437th Troop Carrier Group: Col. Cedric E. Hudgens (RAF Ramsbury)83rd TCS: Capt. John White84th TCS: Capt. John M. Campbell86th TCS: Maj. Ralph E. Lehr438th Troop Carrier Group: Lt Col. John M. Donalson (RAF Greenham Common)87th TCS: Lt Col. David E. Daniel88th TCS: Maj. Robert W. Gates89th TCS: Maj. Clement G. Richardson90th TCS: Maj. Howard I. PawlowskiGerman chain of command
Supreme Command West: Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt
Army Group B: Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel
Seventh Army: Generaloberst Friedrich Dollman (died 28 June)
LXXXIV Corps: General der Artillerie Erich Marcks (KIA 12 June)
91st Air Landing Division: Generalleutnant Wilhelm Falley1057 Grenadier-Regiment: Oberst Sylvester von Saldern (La Haye-du-Puits)1058 Grenadier-Regiment: Oberst Kurt Beigang (Saint-Cyr)191 Artillerie-Regiment: Oberstlautnant Heinrich Kiewitt (Les Carrières)91 Fusilier Battalion191 Mountain Flak Battalion191 Panzerjäger Company6th Parachute Regiment: Oberstleutnant Friedrich von der Heydte (La Hotellerie)1./6: Hauptmann Emil Priekschat (Mont-Castre)2./6: Hauptmann Rolf Mager (Lessay)3./6: Hauptmann Horst Trebes (Rougeval)243rd Infantry Division: Genlt. Heinz Hellmich920 Grenadier-Regiment: Oberst Bernhard Klosterkemper (Etoupeville)921 Grenadier-Regiment: Oberstleutnant Jacob Simon (Mauger)922 Grenadier-Regiment: Oberstleutnant Franz Müller (Haquets)243 Artillerie-Regiment: Oberst Eduard Hellwig (Le Vrétot)561 Ost Battalion (Russian): (Flamanville)206 Panzer Battalion: Major Ernst Wenk (Audenville)243 Panzerjäger Company: (La Commanderie)709th Infantry Division: Genlt. Karl W. von Schlieben729 Grenadier-Regiment: Oberst Helmuth Rohrbach (Le Vicel)739 Grenadier-Regiment: Oberst Walter Köhn (Querqueville)919 Grenadier-Regiment: Oberstleutnant Günther Keil (Montebourg)1709 Artillerie-Regiment: Oberst Robert Reiter (Equeurdreville)649 Ost Battalion (Russian): (La Brasserie)795 Ost Battalion (Georgian): Hauptmann Stiller (Turqueville)709 Panzerjager Company: Hauptmann Willi Hümmerich (Le Catelet)752 Grenadier-Regiment (zbV): Oberst Kessler (Gavray)635 Ost Battalion (Russian): (Donville-les-Bains)797 Ost Battalion (Georgian): hauptmann Peter Massberg (Gouville)Attached independent units:Sturm Battalion AOK 7: Major Hugo Messerschmidt (Le Vicel)100th Panzer Replacement Battalion (100.Panzer Ersatz und Ausbildungs Abteilung): Major Bardtenschlager (Francquetot)101st Stellungswerfer Regiment: Major Rasner (Vasteville)
