Component Elements of the
Airborne Divisions in World War II

Division Glider infantry regiment Parachute infantry regiment Glider field artillery battalion Parachute field artillery battalion Airborne anti-aircraft battalion Parachute mainte-nance company Special troops 1 Airborne engineer battalion Airborne medical company
Airborne signal company Airborne ordnance company Airborne quarter-master company
11 187
88
188
511
472
675
457
674
152 11 511 711 408 127 221
11 187 188
511
472
675
457
674
152 11 511 711 408 127 221
13 88
326
515 676
677
458 153 13 513 713 409 129 222
13 326 515
517
676
677
458
460
153 13 513 713 409 129 222
17 193
194
513 680
681
466 155 17 517 717 411 139 224
17 193
194
507
513
680
681
464
466
155 17 517 717 411 139 224
82 325 504
505
319
320
376
456
80 --- 82 782 407 307 307
82 325 504
505
319
320
376
456
80 82 82 782 407 307 307
101 327
401
502 321
907
377 81 --- 101 801 426 326 326
101 327 502
506
321
907
377
463
81 101 101 801 426 326 326

1. Headquarters Special Troops activated 1 Mar. 1945. Units were previously directly under division.

[Nota Bene: This information, current as of October 1948, is reproduced from The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the Army of the United States, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950, pp. 510-592.]

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