RAF Upottery is a former Royal Air Force station in East Devon, England. The airfield is located near the village of Upottery, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north-northeast of the town of Honiton.
Upottery airfield, 22 April 1944, just prior to the arrival of the 439th Troop Carrier Group.
C-47s of the 91st Troop Carrier Squadron on the northwest perimeter track adjacent to the main hangar at Upottery.
Douglas C-47A-80-DL Serial 43-15159 of the 94th Troop Carrier Squadron in Normandy Invasion Markings.
C-47s of the 91st Troop Carrier Squadron practicing the "pick up" method of towing a glider, Upottery, May 1944.
E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)
E Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, the "Screaming Eagles", is a company in the United States Army. The company was referred to as "Easy" after the radio call for "E" in the phonetic alphabet used during World War II. The experiences of its members during that war are the subject of the 1992 book Band of Brothers by historian Stephen Ambrose and the 2001 HBO miniseries of the same name.
135 Paratroopers of Easy Company, 506th Infantry Regiment in Austria, after the end of World War II, 1945
The Memorial plaque near RAF Upottery, Devon, UK, showing the names of those who died in transit from the base to France on 5 and 7 June 1944.
Names of E Company fallen on the monument in Foy
One of the foxholes that still exist in the Jacques Woods, occupied by E Company in December 1944 and January 1945
