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Major Leon Temple CO 430th FS KIA June 6, 1944..............

Col Bob Wolverton CO 3rd Battalion 506th PIR KIA DDay and Capt Stan Morgan surgeon POW 10-44

Lt Col Cy Wilson CO 20th FG on returning the the first mission of DDay.

P-47D 63rd FS

Omaha Beach......................

82nd ABD June 5, 1944............

1Lt John Donnolan France June 1944............perfect DDay stripes!

C-47s heading to France June 6, 1944

C-47 of the 82nd TCS 436th TCG medivac with crew on DDay at Membury, England

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THANKS JACK!
You are the man!
Robbie

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Missed the pic postings Jack.......

As a semi younger Canadian, I may not get the whole historical perspective!

But I do appreciate seeing what the not too long ago generation did for ours.

And looking at these pics......Well....

Thank you.

Michel

Less we forget........

What was amazing was that in spite of the massive invasion, there were segments of England where it was "business as usual", and sadly, lives were lost, too.

Charles Young, a 93rd BG, 409 BS Ploesti veteran (he was the regular co-pilot of the Tupelo Lass, but got bumped by a staff officer, so he flew in the waist, and his meltdown over the target was well documented), was in the P-38 transition course. On June 6th, he was on a training flight when he overflew an RAF base, where two Hurricanes went up to check him out, lest it be some kind of German trick. When they made contact and realized all was well, it turned into a mock dogfight. During the maneuvering, Young went into a Split-S at too low of an altitude and augered in, killing him instantly.

On a day when so many lives were lost gaining a toehold in Western Europe, it's easy to overlook those who lost their lives in non-combat accidents. It was undoubtedly every bit as painful his family as it was for those brave men who stormed the beaches.

OK C-47 restorers let's get the D-Day striping right from now on. Above is the template...

Texas Flying Legends has done it just like that at least twice now on their C-53, using brushes and mops with water-soluble paint - at Oshkosh in 2013 and again just prior to the D.C. flyover last month.

http://www.projects.aircorpsaviation.co ... eenactment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUCmgsKiRNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVtf2iE5d40

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