Normandy 1944
Lt. Thomas Meehan / Stick 66 C-47 Memorial
Memorial · Easy Company
The story
C-47 42-93095, carrying Lt. Meehan, 1st Sgt. Evans and 15 other Easy paratroopers, was hit by flak and crashed near Beuzeville-au-Plain. All five aircrew and 17 paratroopers were killed.
What to look for
Unlike the scatter pins, this marks a documented crash-site vicinity. The story of Winters's leadership begins partly here.
Nearby sites
- Ravenoville / Marmion Farm area · 3 km
- Airborne Museum, Sainte-Mère-Église · 3 km
- Sainte-Mère-Église · 3 km
- Azeville Battery · 4 km
- Landing/scatter area — Winters · 4 km
- Landing/scatter area — Sticks 68–71 sector · 4 km
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Easy Company: Normandy
A free field guide for your phone: the route, the maps and the stories built in, even with no signal. The places of the Normandy campaign of June–July 1944, following Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne, from the night drop and Brécourt Manor to Utah Beach and Carentan, with Omaha, Pointe du Hoc, the British and Canadian beaches and the best museums along the way.
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