These tributes will start here and then extend all the way across the Atlantic.” There are only a few members of the Greatest Generation still with us, so we wanted to put together the most significant tributes we could to honor their sacrifice and commitment. “It’s very likely we’ll never see an event like this again,” declared Moreno Aguiari, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the D-Day Squadron.“And it’s for a very good reason. The D-Day Squadron, part of the Tunnison Foundation, will lead an American fleet of historic, restored C-47 World War II military aircraft from Oxford, CT, in Daks Over Normandy, a flyover of more than 30 international aircraft to drop 250 paratroopers over the original 1944 drop zones in Normandy commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day. It’s been 75-years since the skies were filled with C-47s on their way to France to begin the D-Day invasion. Looking forward to getting started on this next weekend.Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber flies off the wing of Placid Lassie, two of the D-Day Squadron of C47s. The final parts are the clean resin for the windows (the main cockpit glazing was broken during shipping, so will need be carefully repaired), a small etch set for the door airflow deflectors and the numbers aerials. The props, including a jig for assembly - a nice touch. The resin parts look nicely cast and the Minion and cannon already have the brass tubes cast in the to them: seating with the components to change the airframe: If I am completely honest, the instructions appear to lack a bit of detail, so I will proceed with caution. I am sure that the Airfix C-47 will be a popular choice for this group build,so I leave the Airfix Shots at one.Ī set of Instructions, colour profiles and a small decal sheet: The base Airfix kit that I will be using: So can only access Flickr on a desktop browser for now, so images might be slow in appearing.
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