ex. USAAF C-47, serial number 43-15073, took part at:
operation Neptune, Normandy, 5/6th June 1944
operation Dragoon, France, 16th July 1944
operation Market Garden, Holland, 17-23rd September 1944
operation Repulse, Bastogne, 23-27th December 1944
operation Varsity, Germany, 24th March 1945
After the war served in:
Czechoslovak Airlines, since 12th July 1946
Armée de l'Air since 1st March 1960
Yugoslavia since 11th April 1973
The real A/C 43-15073 has been restored to its operation Neptune marking and now it is on display at Merville Battery Museum, Normandy, since 7th July 2008.
This entry was edited by Apollo II on Saturday, 11 May 2013 at 18:43:23 UTC.