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The C-47A - a magnificent D-Day survivor
5 minutes Posted Oct 8, 2019 at 3:09 pm.
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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'.