11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION
IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA
DURING WWII

As of the 1 December 1943, the following was the organisational structure of the 11th Airborne Division:-

187th Glider Infantry Regiment
188th Glider Infantry Regiment
511th Parachute Infantry Regiment
127th Airborne Engineer Battalion
152nd Airborne Antiaircraft Battalion
221st Airborne Medical Company

Division Artillery
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
457th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion (75-mm Pack Howitzer)
674th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75-mm Pack Howitzer)
675th Glider Field Artillery Battalion (75-mm Pack Howitzer)

Special Troops
Headquarters
Headquarters Company
Band
Military Police
511th Airborne Signal Company
711th Airborne Ordnance Maintenance Company
11th Parachute Maintenance Company **

** Authorised by TO #71, 1 August 1944. 11th Parachute Maintenance Company organised subsequent to that date.

Gliders in the SWPA during WWII

REFERENCES

Order of Battle of the United States Army Ground Forces in World War II - Pacific Theater of Operations

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This page first produced 10 November 2017

This page last updated 25 July 2021