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For a partial list of Pathfinder teams and aircrews on D-Day: americandday.org

For information about the equipment used by the IX TCC Pathfinders: usairborne.be/Pathfinders/us_pathfinders_historique_txt.htm

For information about HMS
Tartar
: hmstartar.co.uk

For information about motion sickness pills used by paratroopers on D-Day and alleged looting during and after Market Garden: battledetective.com

For information about the makeup and disposition of German troops and antiaircraft batteries in the Netherlands: axishistory.com; regionaalarchieftilburg.nl

For information about 101st Airborne's Battle at Best, in the Netherlands: battleatbest.com/battle-at-best-101st-airborne-division.html

For information about the burial of American war casualties in the Netherlands: adoptiegraven-database.nl

For invaluable information about the fate of IX TCC Pathfinder Flight 42-100981, its crew, and its Pathfinders (with a great debt to the investigative work of Chris Van Kerckhoven): forum.armyairforces.com; bloggen.be/warresearcher; 69th-infantry-division.com/pdf/USArmy69InfDiv_Vol56_No1_SepDec2002.pdf.

For information about the 326th Airborne Medical Company: med-dept.com/unit-histories/326th-airborne-medical-company