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Hogan Field Fly-in features WWII planes, B-25 tours, flights this weekend
Sue Kiesewetter
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HAMILTON – TriStaters can learn about aircraft used by the military in World War II when some of the planes come to the Butler County Regional Airport this weekend for the Hogan Field Fly-In.
There visitors can go through planes and schedule a ride in the B-25 Champaign Gal, a medium bomber brought in by the Urbana-based Champaign Aviation Museum.
“Our mission is to educate and share history – touching lives by restoring history,’’ said Jessica Henry, the museum’s development director, and granddaughter of a WWII vet.
D-Day plane touches down at NMUSAF
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Submitted photo That’s All, Brother is a Douglas C-47 that led the airborne invasion of Normandy during World War II. The plane will visit the NMUSAF April 20-22.
RIVERSIDE An aircraft that flew during the invasion of Normandy will be visiting the National Museum of the United States Air Force next week. That’s All, Brother, a Douglas C-47 will stop at the museum from April 20-22, the museum announced Tuesday. The plane will also stop in Xenia over the weekend.
That’s All, Brother, piloted by Lt. Col. John Donalson, was a lead aircraft for the airborne invasion of Normandy on D-Day, which took place on June 6, 1944. The night before the invasion, That’s All, Brother led more than 800 C-47s dropping more than 13,000 paratroopers behind enemy lines in Normandy.
Lead D-Day invasion plane to land at Air Force Museum, other regional stops
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about a day agoWeather permitting, an historic airplane that flew in the D-Day invasion of Normandy will land at the National Museum of the United States Air Force next week for a three-day visit. That’s All, Brother, a C-47 piloted by Lt. Col. John Donalson, is scheduled to visit April 20 to 22, the Air Force Museum said. The plane will also fly to Hogan Field, the Butler County Regional Airport in Hamilton, from April 16 to 18, and to Grimes Field in Urbana April 19. A trip to Xenia is also slated for April… (www.daytondailynews.com) More.
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