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The C-47A - a magnificent D-Day survivor

The C-47A - a magnificent D-Day survivor

Update: 2019-10-08
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This superbly restored C-47A is now with Kermit Weeks' private collection in the U.S.A. It is shown here at Cotswold Airport, Kemble, Gloucestershire, England, wearing the markings it wore on D-Day, 5/6th June, 1944. Flying from RAF Upottery, it carried part of Easy Company, 506 PIR, 101st Airborne Division, U S Army, the famous 'Band of Brothers'.

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