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WBritain 1/32 Osprey US Army Airborne 1st lt 376th Parachute Field Artillery bn 82nd Airbourne Division Normandy 1944 (25006)
The 376th FA Battalion was activated on August 16th, 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. It
was organized with the 82nd Infantry Division. When the 82nd was reorganized as an Airborne
Division, It was one of two Parachute Field Artillery Battalions with the 82nd. The other
two battalions were glider artillery. The 376th PFA accompanied the 82nd Airborne landing
in North Africa in May,1943, parachuting into Sicily under the bombardment provided by the
U.S. Navy, and then into Italy during September 1943. The 376th was given a break for
training in Northern Ireland and England in preparation of the coming invasion from
December of 1943 to June 5, 1944. Leaving England, they jumped into France on June 6, 1944.
After fighting their way across France. The 376th then jumped into Holland where they
conducted the first successful combat drop of an entire Airborne Field Artillery Battalion.
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