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Courtesy of Flying Magazine That’s All, Brother : The lead plane of the Allied forces on D-Day nearly died in Oshkosh, but today it lives on at EAA Airventure By Mike Woods Wisconsin SHARE OSHKOSH, Wis. This is the story of a national treasure. Like many treasures, it had been lost, but through research and determination and luck – the greatest superpower of them all – was found and saved from a fate that nations around the world would have considered a tragedy. Yes, this treasure was that important. “Every day, people say, Thank you for saving this plane, ’’ said Dave Berrio, a member of the Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing and a 30-year Air Force veteran. “Absolutely, every day.”

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