Slightly south of search area - Ste Mere Eglise is at bottom right. South at top. The long straight road running top left to bottom right is the N13.

Appears to be from same sortie as previous image - northern environs of Ste Mere Eglise are now appearing at bottom right - there is a desperate fight for the village as this image is being taken.

NW at top, this image shows Ste Mere Eglise's western environs at bottom right. The Chef-du-Pont road runs across the bottom third of the image. The Carentan - Cherbourg railway appears in the top left corner.

With SW at top, note the Carentan - Cherbourg railway running from the right of large round black cloud shadow diagonally to the upper right edge of image. La Couture Farm is at lower centre. La Fiere Bridge is just off the top right corner.

Slightly more to the NW than the last image. The bright line at top right is the Merderet River with flooded sides covered by grass. The Carentan - Cherbourg railway line crosses the river at centre right. La Couture Farm is now at centre left.

NNE at top, this image has Ste Mere Eglise just off the centre of the bottom edge. The N13 can be seen running NW to Neuville-au-Plain at bottom left. The La Londe Farm is just off the top right edge and the road to Beuzeville-au-Plain is across the large square field from the farm. This section of road will soon become part of the airstrip. Somewhere to the left of centre bottom is the sunken lane site of Lt. Waverly Wray's famous action on D+1 - a prime location being sought for the 505 PIR Tour!

Slightly to the left of the previous image, the N13 is the road running diagonally

Slightly to the west and from the same sortie as the last two images, this image shows Neuville-au-Plain under the label at top left! Lt. Turner Turnbull and his 3rd Platoon, Company D, 505th PIR are in a desperate fight holding off hundreds of Germans attacking south eastward down the N13.

Again slightly west of the three images above, this is the only image found which shows Neuville-au-Plain at all clear. Lt. Turnbull's right hand squad are located under the 'E' of JUNE in the label. The eastern side of the negative appears to have been fogged during development in the darkroom.

This is the first image found for 8th June 1944 (non were found for 7th June). Two items to note are the longer focal length of the camera lens and the improved weather. SE is at the top of this image. The two roads at left lead to Baudienville with Ste Mere Eglise off the image at top right. Gliders can be seen in some fields and this area may well hold the sunken lane where Lt. Waverly Wray killed the eight members of the German 1/1058th Regiment HQ the previous day (7th June).

Slightly more to the SW than the previous image, the N13 is just out of shot on the right. the oval shaped field at top right is now partly covered by houses at the north end of Ste Mere Eglise.

This image is again from the same sortie as the previous two, just slightly more to the SW and showing the N13 with the northern environs of Ste Mere Eglise at top right. Do I see the two knocked out German SPs on the N13 in this image? One of the two western (right) side laneways off the N13 is most lightly the one used by Lt. Coyle's 1st Platoon, Company E to outflank the German 2/1058th Regiment on 7th June - another prime location for the 505th PIR Tour!

A fourth image following on from the three above. A 155mm barrage went in on the German 2/1058th Regiment somewhere in this area on the west (right) side of the N13 the previous evening, 7th June prior to the American attack north out of Ste Mere Eglise. I would expect that shell craters would be visible in the centre field if the German line was this far forward ...mmm this one might be worth getting in high resolution! - Anyone know for sure where the German line was before the American attack?

Again no shell holes - or are there? Fifth in sequence following from the above four taken during the same sortie. Again, without a high resolution version, it's difficult to know what is going on down on the ground. The laneway running across the middle of the image is shown here to it's full extent before it turns north.

A sixth image in the sequence following the previous five. You can see the laneway turning north (towards the bottom of image) in this shot. Note the road to the La Fiere bridge in the top right with the port wing of a Horsa glider protruding over the hedge.

No. seven in the sequence following the previous six. You can see more of the road to La Fiere bridge at top right. This image also shows the La Couture Farm at bottom right - note the (by now D+2) well worn track leading to it from the laneway.

Different sequence from the same sortie as the above seven. This time north is at the top of the image. The field which I suspect is the one between the lines just prior to the American attack on the evening of 7th June now shows what appears to be a large shell crater near the laneway hedge at the south end of the field. Note also what appears to be the northern most of the two SPs on the N13. This is the one knocked out by John E. Atchley the previous day.

Slightly more east than the previous image. I keep seeing grey marks in certain fields. Without seeing the high resolution version of these images, its difficult to say what they might be. The two things that spring to mind are bodies or mortar shell craters - the latter seems a bit too indiscriminate though - anyone hazard a guess?

Again slightly more east than the previous two images from the same sequence. We are back to the eastern side of the N13 with the centre of this image. The two German SPs are still visable on the N13 at lower left. The northern environs of Ste Mere Eglise are just visible at bottom left.

The fourth in the sequence following the above three images. It looks as if it's going to be a challenge to track down the two target locations here! The first real attempt by the Germans to retake Ste Mere Eglise on D-Day morning was rebuffed by Lt Charles ‘Pinky’ Sammon and his Light Machine Gun Platoon, HQ Company, 2nd Battalion, 505 PIR. The site of this action is either within this image or close outside it. the other action is of course that of Lt. Waverly Wray.

The fifth and last image in this sequence is shifted a little further to the east. Gliders, well away from any LZ, can be seen in some of the fields towards the top of the image. Work will soon commence on the La Londe airstrip site just off the top right corner of this image.

Slightly south of search area, but non-the-less of interest. This image shows the southern environs of Ste Mere Eglise. The crash site of chalk No. 16 (101st A/B) is seen at upper left to the east (left) side of the N13 which leads off the top of the image southwards to Carentan. A cropped version of this image appears in Phil Nordyke's "All American All The Way" (one of the B/W photos between pages 292 & 293). It is mis-captioned as showing the northern environs of Ste Mere Eglise when in fact it shows the southern environs.

Slightly to the west of the previous image, this image again only shows a very small part of my requested search area between Ste Mere Eglise and Neuville-au-Plain. It does however show Gambosville to the upper right and the Chef-du-Pont road leading off to that village at centre right. Note gliders at centre right.

The third in this sequence moving westward. What really becomes apparent in looking at these images is the huge dispersal of the gliders well away from any designated LZ. The N13 southbound to Carentan is now off the left side of this image.

Last image in the sequence. Gambosville is now at top left. Note the field where the two gliders are was to become 'Ste Mere Eglise Cemetery No. 2'. This area has now been reinstated with all remains reinterned at Colloville or repatriated to the U.S.