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That's All, Brother [a] is a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft (the military version of the civilian DC-3) that led the formation of 800 others from which approximately 13,000 U.S. paratroopers jumped on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the beginning of the liberation of France in the last two years of World War II.
42-92847 That's All---Brother – restored to airworthy status at Basler Turbo Conversions in Oshkosh, Wisconsin; for the Commemorative Air Force. This airframe was the lead aircraft, after the Pathfinders, for the D-Day invasion and took its first flight in many years on 31 January 2018. [117] [118] [119]
Now that most World War II veterans have died, crews like the one behind the C-47 "That's All Brother" see a responsibility to tell their stories. How an almost forgotten C-47 made its way to ...
The CAF C-47 That's All, Brother was the plane that led the parachute assault on Normandy during D-Day. In 1991, the CAF moved operations to Midland, Texas, [7] where the group opened the CAF Airpower Museum and the American Combat Airman Hall of Fame.
Feb. 19—Several restored military aircraft are slated to land at Terre Haute Regional Airport in 2021. It begins with a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft that led a formation of 800 other planes ...
Visitors will have a chance to tour and take rides in “That’s All, Brother,” the C-47A troop carrier aircraft that flew over Normandy on D-Day.
Paratroop C-47, 12th Air Force Troop Carrier Wing, invasion of southern France, 15 August 1944 Interior view of Douglas C-47, Hendon Aerodrome, England Aircraft of the 6th Special Operations Squadron including a turboprop C-47 (Basler BT-67) in use by the U.S. Air Force, c. 2005 Douglas C-47 lineup at Willow Run, Michigan Airshow, August 2017 C ...
Royal Air Force Dakota III Two USAAF C-47A Skytrains over France, 1944 British paratroops inside C-47 Dakota, 1944. List of C-47 Skytrain operators includes the country, military service, known squadrons, and related data. The Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. The C-47 has served with ...