 The 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment was the second American airborne unit to land after the 507th , under the command of Colonel James Coutts . En route to the drop zone , the transport aircraft carrying the 513th had the misfortune to pass through a belt of German antiaircraft weapons , losing 22 of the C @-@ 46 transport aircraft and damaging a further 38 . Just as the 507th had , the 513th also suffered from pilot error due to the ground haze , and as such the regiment actually missed its designated drop zone , DZ X , and was dropped on one of the landing zones designated for the British 6th Airlanding Brigade . Despite this inaccuracy the paratroopers swiftly rallied and aided the British glider @-@ borne troops who were landing simultaneously , eliminating several German artillery batteries that were covering the area . Once the German troops in the area had been eliminated , a combined force of American and British airborne troops stormed Hamminkeln and secured the town . By 2 pm , Colonel Coutts reported to Divisional Headquarters that the 513th Parachute Infantry had secured all of its objectives , having knocked out two tanks and two complete regiments of artillery during their assault . During its attempts to secure its objectives , the regiment also gained a third Medal of Honor for the division when Private First Class Stuart S. Stryker posthumously received the award after leading a charge against a German machine @-@ gun nest , creating a distraction to allow the rest of his platoon to capture the fortified position in which the machine @-@ gun was situated . 
