OP001 Operations Published 30/01/2015 at 4502 × 5393 in The dropping missions Next → T/Sgt Charles Locasto, NY and S/Sgt John Padgett, NC, both from 885th BS, attach parachute drop packages to the static line on board of their plane over Italy. 15 Feb 1945. NARA 342 FH. 3A-24535 72204 A.C.