page_title: 1st Airborne Task Force (Allied)
section_title: Main force
hierarchical_section_title: 1st Airborne Task Force (Allied) / Order of battle / Main force
caption_attribution_description: English: Robert T. Frederick from [1]
context_page_description: The 1st Airborne Task Force was a short-lived Allied airborne unit that was active during World War II created for Operation Dragoon–the invasion of Southern France. Formed in July 1944, under the command of Major General Robert T. Frederick, it took part in the "Dragoon" landings on 15 August 1944, securing the area north-west of the landing beaches, before moving towards the French–Italian border as part of the United States Seventh Army. The unit was disbanded in November 1944.
context_section_description: The 1ABTF was composed of the following units:
  1ABTF HHC – Maj. Gen. Robert T. Frederick
  U.S. 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment – Lt. Col. William P. Yarborough
  463rd Parachute Field Artillery Battalion – Lt. Col. John Cooper
  U.S. 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team
  517th Parachute Infantry Regiment – Col. Rupert D. Graves
  460th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion – Lt. Col. Raymond L. Cato
  596th Airborne Engineer Company – Capt. Robert W. Dalrymple
  U.S. 550th Airborne Infantry Battalion (Glider) – Lt. Col. Edward I. Sachs
  U.S. 1st Battalion, 551st Parachute Infantry Regiment – Lt. Col. Wood G. Joerg
  602d Glider Field Artillery Battalion – Maj. George M. Hunt
  British 2nd (Independent) Parachute Brigade – Brig. Charles Hilary Vaughan Pritchard [detached 26 August]
  4th Parachute Battalion – Lt. Col. H.B. Coxen
  5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion – Lt. Col. D.R. Hunter
  6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion – Lt. Col. V.W. Barlow
  1st Independent Parachute Platoon (Pathfinders)
  1st Special Service Force (U.S./Canada) – Col. Edwin A. Walker [attached 22 August]
caption: Robert T. Frederick (as a Brigadier General)
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