D-Day Squadron
The D-Day Squadron was the American contingent of C-47's that participated in the Daks Over Normandy event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Twenty-three DC-3, C-47 and C-53's gathered at Duxford on June 5, 2019 for the Channel crossing to the historic UK Drop Zone at Sannerville. Daks Over Normandy was the largest assembly of these iconic warbirds since 1945, all to honour the service and sacrifice of the soldiers who risked their lives to start the liberation of Western Europe.
"Four other pieces of equipment that most senior officers came to regard as among the most vital to our success in Africa and Europe were the bulldozer, the jeep, the 2.5 ton truck and the C-47 airplane." General Dwight D. Eisenhower
I would like to thank James Lyle and the crew of C-47 Placid Lassie.
Duxford, Cambridgeshire on June 5, 2019
© Stephen Huckvale Photography
