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 Ridgway
325th Glider Infantry Regiment: Col. Harry L. Lewis
1st Battalion: Lt Col.Klemm R. Boyd
2nd Battalion: Lt Col. John H. Swenson (WIA 11 June 44), Maj. Osmond Leahy, Maj. Roscoe Roy (KIA 15 June 44), Maj. Charles T. Major
2nd Battalion, 401st Glider Infantry Regiment: Lt Col. Charles A. Carrell (Relieved 9 June 44), Maj. Arthur W. Gardner (KIA 14 June 44); Maj. Osmond Leahy
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. William E. Ekman
1st Battalion: Maj. Frederick C. A. Kellam (KIA 6 June 44), Lt Col. Mark J. Alexander
2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Benjamin H. Vandervoort
3rd Battalion: Lt Col. Edward C. Krause
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. George V. Millet (POW 8 June 44), Lt Col Arthur A. Maloney, Col. Edson Raff
1st Battalion: Lt Col. Edwin J. Ostberg
2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Charles Timmes
3rd Battalion: Lt Col. Arthur A. Maloney
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. Roy E. Lindquist
1st Battalion: Lt Col. Herbert F. Batcheller (KIA 7 June 44), Maj. Shields Warren
2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Thomas J. B. Shanley
3rd Battalion: Lt Col. Louis G. Mendez
319th Glider Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. James C. Todd
320th Glider Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Paul E. Wright
376th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Wilbur N. Griffith
456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Wagner J. d'Alessio
80th Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion: Lt Col. Raymond E. Singleton
307th Airborne Engineer Battalion: Lt Col. Robert S. Palmer (POW 6 June 44), Maj. Edwin A. Bedell
Pathfinder Group: Maj. Neal L. Roberts
Attached:
87th Armored Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. George F. Barber
746th Tank Battalion: Lt Col. Clarence G. Hupfer
899th Tank Destroyer Battalion:
101st Airborne Division: Major General Maxwell D. Taylor
327th Glider Infantry Regiment: Col. George S. Wear (relieved 9 June 44) Col. Joseph H. Harper
1st Battalion: Lt Col. Hartford T. Salee (WIA 10 June 44)
2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Thomas J. Rouzie
1st Battalion, 401st Gilder Infantry Regiment: Lt Col. Ray C. Allen
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. Howard R. Johnson
1st Battalion: Lt Col. Robert C. Carroll (KIA 6 June 44), Lt Col. Harry W. O. Kinnard
2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Robert A. Ballard
3rd Battalion: Lt Col. Julian J. Ewell
502d Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. George Van Horn Moseley, Jr. (WIA 6 June 44), Lt Col. John H. Michaelis
1st Battalion: Lt Col. Patrick F. Cassidy
2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Steven A. Chapuis
3rd Battalion: Lt Col. Robert G. Cole
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment: Col. Robert Sink
1st Battalion: Lt Col. William L. Turner (KIA 7 June 44), Lt Col. James L. LaPrade
2nd Battalion: Lt Col. Robert L. Strayer
3rd Battalion: Lt. Col. Robert Lee Wolverton (KIA 6 June 44), Maj. Oliver M. Horton
321st Glider Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Edward L. Carmichael
377th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Benjamin Weisberg
907th Glider Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Clarence F. Nelson
81st 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. Lillyman
Attached:
65th Armored Field Artillery Battalion: Lt Col. Edward A. Bailey
70th Tank Battalion: Lt Col. John C. Welborn
IX 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. Morton
92nd TCS: Maj. Cecil E. Petty
93rd TCS: Maj. Robert A. Barrere
94th TCS: Maj. Joseph A. Beck II
440th Troop Carrier Group: Lt Col. Frank X. Krebs (RAF Exeter)
95th TCS: Maj. Irvin G. Anderson
96th TCS: Capt. William R. Cooper
97th TCS: Maj. Jack S. Southard
98th TCS: Maj. Bascome L. Neal
441st Troop Carrier Group: Lt Col. Theodore G. Kershaw (RAF Merryfield)
99th TCS: Lt Col. Walter T. Fletcher
100th TCS: Capt. James T. Cousin
301st TCS: Capt. Lloyd G. Neblett
302nd 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. McMurtry
53rd TCS: Maj. Howard M. Betts
59th TCS: Maj. Marcus O. Owens, Jr.
313th Troop Carrier Group: Col. James J. Roberts, Jr. (RAF Folkingham)
29th TCS: Lt Col. Quinn M. Corley
47th TCS: Maj. Paul W. Stephens
48th TCS: Maj. Edgar F. Stovall, Jr.
49th TCS: Lt Col. Frank J. Lumsden
314th Troop Carrier Group: Col. Clayton Stiles (RAF Saltby)
32nd TCS: Maj. Halac G. Wilson
50th TCS: Maj. Joseph H. McClure
61st TCS: Maj. Campbell N. Smith
62nd TCS: Maj. Arthur E. Tappan
315th Troop Carrier Group: Col. Hamish McLelland (RAF Spanhoe)
34th TCS: Lt Col. Donald G. Dekin
43rd TCS: Lt Col. Otto H. Peterson
309th TCS: Lt Col. Smylie C. Stark
310th TCS: Lt Col. Henry G. Hamby, Jr.
316th Troop Carrier Group: Col. Harvey A. Berger (RAF Cottesmore)
36th TCS: Maj. James R. Roberts
37th TCS: Maj. Leonard C. Fletcher
44th TCS: Maj. Benjamin F. Kendig
45th TCS: Maj. Mars Lewis
442d Troop Carrier Group: Lt Col. Charles M. Smith (RAF Fulbeck, attached from 50th TCW)
303rd TCS: Maj. Robert O. Whittington
304th TCS: Maj. Kenneth L. Glassburn
305th TCS: Maj. John A. Crandell
306th TCS: Maj. Royal S. Thompson
Brig. 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. Hansley
73rd TCS: Maj. Terry G. Hutton
74th TCS: Maj. Ralph L. Strean, Jr.
435th Troop Carrier Group: Col. Frank J. McNeese (RAF Welford)
75th TCS: Maj. Lewis A. Curtis
76th TCS: Lt Col. Robert C. Lewis
77th TCS: Lt Col. Henry H. Osmer
78th TCS: Lt Col. Bertil E. Hanson
436th Troop Carrier Group: Lt Col. Adriel N. Williams (RAF Membury)
79th TCS: Maj. John D. Kreyssler
80th TCS: Maj. Clarence L. Schmid
81st TCS: Maj. David W. Brack
82nd TCS: Capt. Robert G. Johns
85th TCS: Capt. Lester L. Ferguson (temporary attachment from 437 TCG)
437th Troop Carrier Group: Col. Cedric E. Hudgens (RAF Ramsbury)
83rd TCS: Capt. John White
84th TCS: Capt. John M. Campbell
86th TCS: Maj. Ralph E. Lehr
438th Troop Carrier Group: Lt Col. John M. Donalson (RAF Greenham Common)
87th TCS: Lt Col. David E. Daniel
88th TCS: Maj. Robert W. Gates
89th TCS: Maj. Clement G. Richardson
90th TCS: Maj. Howard I. Pawlowski
German 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 Falley
1057 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 Battalion
191 Mountain Flak Battalion
191 Panzerjäger Company
6th 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 Hellmich
920 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 Schlieben
729 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)
