Historic D-Day aircraft visits area
Former U.S. Army 101st Airborne paratrooper Ron Tucker of Cincinnati grasps the “hook-up” cable inside historic C-47
That’s All Brother just as he did while a paratrooper in the famed 101st Airborne, and inside the same aircraft that some 16 paratroopers jumped behind German lines on 6 June 1944 over Normandy
Mike Ullery | Miami Valley Today
C-47
That’s All Brother painted exactly as she looked as she led 800 other C-47 aircraft as the spearhead of the 12,000+ troop parachute drop of 101st and 82nd Airborne troops behind enemy lines over Normandy on D-Day.
Mike Ullery | Miami Valley Today
Historic D-Day aircraft visits area
Former U.S. Army 101st Airborne paratrooper Ron Tucker of Cincinnati grasps the “hook-up” cable inside historic C-47
That’s All Brother just as he did while a paratrooper in the famed 101st Airborne, and inside the same aircraft that some 16 paratroopers jumped behind German lines on 6 June 1944 over Normandy
Mike Ullery | Miami Valley Today
C-47
That’s All Brother painted exactly as she looked as she led 800 other C-47 aircraft as the spearhead of the 12,000+ troop parachute drop of 101st and 82nd Airborne troops behind enemy lines over Normandy on D-Day.
Mike Ullery | Miami Valley Today