C-47A Skytrain in D-Day markings

These photos were taken by Mike Boyd

  D-Day 60th Anniversary - June 6th 2004     

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Photos directly below were taken of the restored C-47A 42-92841 'Turf and Sport Special' at the Air Mobility Command Museum.  This plane dropped 82nd Airborne paratroopers on St. Mere Eglise on D-Day. It later served in Operation Market-Garden and in the Berlin Airlift. It was the first aircraft acquired by the museum. The first pix shows the condition the plane was in when acquired.

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Photos and text © 2004 by Mike Boyd