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LL Grandview MO3

For Cornelius Ryan
Book about D-Day

THOUSANDS OF MEN, ON LAND AND SEA AND IN THE AIR, PARTICIPATED IN TH
INVASION OF NORMANDY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT JUNE 5, 1944 AND MIDNIGHT JUNE
6, 1944. IF YOU WERE ONE OF THEM, PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

What is your full name?
Colonel Jerome J. McCabe, U.S.A.F.
What was your unit and division?
492 Fighter Bomber Sqdn
48th FIG Group
Where did you arrive in Normandy, and at what time?
Dive bombed targets behind the beachhead at H-hour minus 30 minutes
What was your rank on June 6, 1944? Major, USAF
What was your age on June 6, 1944?
28
Were you married at that time?
No
What is your wife's name?
Did you have any children at that time?
No
What do you do now?
Assigned to : Hq Control Air Defense Force
Richards- Gebaur A.F.B. Grandview, Mo.
When did you know that you were going to be part of the invasion?
several weeks before D-day
What was the trip like during the crossing of the Channel? Do you remember,
for example, any conversations you had or how you passed the time?
I led my sqdn over the channel at about 15,000 ft. the weather on the
continent was over cast at that hour at about 12, 000 ft. we were on a radio
silence. Both on the trip over the channel and over Normandy things looked
quiet and peaceful. I was particularly concerned with my navigation
to the target area.
What were the rumors on board the boat, ship or plane in which you made
the crossing? (Some people remember scuttlebut to "she effect that the
Germans had poured gasoline on the water and planned to set it afire when
the troops came in).
no rumors. our interest was on our target and the success of the
invasion and mission