Gooney-Bird / Dakota C-47s
Like Aircraft 42-92841
Played A Significant Role
Pilots-Eye View of the cockpit controls in a C47 aircraft show how spartan the
instrumentation was in those days.
Turf Sport Special reads the nose art on Tail Nr 42-92841. This
restored aircraft appears as she looked on D-Day, complete with the famed
"invasion stripes" employed to distinguish Allied aircraft that flew men and
supplies into Normandy. See manifest for
Chalk 19
Special Spot
for the Turf Sport Special. After a complete restoration, she now is on
display as a featured museum piece.
U.S. Transports In Invasion Exercises
C47 Tail Nr 42-68840 tows a Horsa glider, both played a role in the invasion.
Read about the
post-war
reunion of E Company men with this aircraft.
Following
His Father's Footsteps - On 23 August 2017, more than 73 years after his father jumped
from this plane on D-Day, Leon Tetherton. of England, meets the Turn Sport
Special
The
Man and The Manifest His father's photo in one and and the aircraft manifest in
the other, Leon sits in the seat once occupied by his father.
[read
tale of Leon tracing his heritage]
Troop Carrier Pilots pose with Leon in front of the Turf Sport Special
Significant Signatures earlier visits by George Shenkle memorialized with their handwriting
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