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Statistical Tables - Operation Neptune
5 - 13 June 1944

I - Paratroop Operations of IX Troop Carrier Command
 
ALBANY
BOSTON
TOTAL
Aircraft
   dispatched (1)
443
378
821
   effective (2)
436
377
813
   abortive (3)
2
1
3
   destroyed or missing (4)
13
8
21
   damaged
81
115
196
 
Plane crewmen
   wounded or injured
4
11
15
   killed or missing (1 jul 1944)
48
17
65
 
Troops
   carried
6,928
6,420
13,348
   dropped (5)
6,750
6,350
13,100
 
Artillery
   carried (6)
12
2
14
 
Cargo
   tonnage carried (7)
211
178
389
(1) Including pathfinders.
(2) Included if any troops jumped or cargo was dropped over France.
(3) Unable to fly or returning with load.
(4) Excluding aircraft in BOSTON destroyed before take-off.
(5) An approximation.
(6) Including howitzers only.
(7) Short tons.

II - Glider Operations of IX Troop Carrier Command
 
CHICAGO
DETROIT
KEOKUK
ELMIRA
GALVESTON
HACKENSACK
TOTAL
Aircraft
   dispatched (1)
52
52
32
177
102
101
516
   effective
51
52
32
175
100
101
511
   abortive
1
-
-
2
2
-
5
   destroyed or missing
1
1
-
5
-
-
7
   damaged
7
38
1
92
26
11
175
 
Horsas
   dispatched
-
-
32
140
20
30
222
   abortive
-
-
-
2
2
-
4
 
Wacos
   dispatched
52
53
-
36
84
70
295
   abortive
1
1
-
-
2
-
4
 
Plane crewmen
   killed or missing (1 jul 1944)
4
4
-
1
-
-
9
   wounded or injured
1
3
-
8
-
-
12
 
Glider pilots
   dispatched
104
106
64
352
208
200
1,034
   dead or missing (1 Jul 1944)
14
14
-
26
-
3
57
 
Troops
   carried
155
220
157
1,190
968
1,331
4,021
   landed
153
209
157
1,160 (2)
927
1,331
3,937
 
Landing casualties
   Waco troops
27
30 (2)
-
15
35
16
123
   Horsa troops
-
-
44
142
80
74
340
 
Artillery pieces
   carried (3)
16
16
6
37
20
-
95
 
Vehicles
   carried
25
27
40
123
41
34
290
 
Cargo
   tonnage
14
10
19
131
26
38
238
(1) Including one paratroop plane carrying 16 troops in ELMIRA, two gliders and planes of the 435th Group in GALVESTON and a pathfinder plane without troops in HACKENSACK.
(2) Estimate.
(3) Howitzers and antitank guns.

III - Resupply Operations of IX Troop Carrier Command
 
FREEPORT
MEMPHIS
MISSIONS ON CALL
(8 - 13 June)
Aircraft
   dispatched
208
119
34
   effective
153
117
34
   abortive
55
2
-
   destroyed or missing
11
3
-
   damaged
94
35
-
 
Plane crewmen
   killed or missing (1 Jul 1944)
29
2
-
   wounded or injured
22
4
-
 
Troops
   carried (1)
76
-
15
   dropped
22
-
15
 
Cargo tonnage
   carried
211
221
7
   dropped
156
215
7
   recovered (2)
100
(?)
7
 
Gliders
   dispatched
-
-
10
   effective
-
-
10
 
Vehicles
   carried and landed
-
-
4
 
Cargo tonnage
   carried and landed
-
-
23
 
Troops
   carried and landed
-
-
44
(1) Included in FREEPORT total are 54 quartermaster personnel who did not jump.
(2) Probably included in FREEPORT total are some supplies sent in MEMPHIS.

Source : John C. Warren - Airborne operations in World War II , European Theater