jankees 917 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 C-47A 42-92847 "That's All, Brother!" of the 438th TCG, based in Greenham Copmmon, England. It was the aircraft that was the lead plane with the parachute droppings on the night of D-Day, dropping men of 502nd PIR of the 101st Airborne Division arond 00:48. It then returned to Greenham Common and later that day pulled a glider to Normandy to reinforce the 82nd Airborne Division. Later it evacuated wounded from France, took part in Operation Market Garden, flew suppliues to Bastogne, took part in Operation Varsity, before returning to the US in 1945. It passed thorugh the hands of several private owners, is rumoured to have flwon for the CIA, and was restored as an AC-47 gunship by the Aero heritage Museum in 2004.. In 2008 it went to Basler for conversion to a turboprop BT-67, when somebody recognised the significance of this aircraft. A kickstarter campaign secured the purchase by the Commemorative Air Force, who are planning to restore her to her D-Day configuration. More details on this, including D-Day footage, can be seen here: http://ww2live.com/en/content/world-war-2-forgotten-d-day-bird-s-all-brother-will-be-restored-and-itll-fly-thanks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Wow, that is some impressive history, I hope the aircraft got a medal! A cracking repaint as ever JK. Link to post Share on other sites
wain 879 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 nice shots, will have to check the link later though... Wayne Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 I remember reading about this aircraft in one of the magazines a while ago, It's an interesting piece of history. Great renderings on the model. Nicely done. Link to post Share on other sites
jankees 917 Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 thank you! You can now find the paint on OZx 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hifly 925 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Great job JK. A bird with that much history deserves restoration back to the original. Link to post Share on other sites
UKJim 502 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Superb repaint and my grandad was in the parachute regiment in operation varsity - he could well have jumped out of one of these - unfortunately I don't know enough details to know exactly though. Once again though your detailing in the textures are great - knowing the effort required to repaint in fsx to that detail I appreciate your time and effort in producing such a superb livery. Thanks for sharing Jankees Link to post Share on other sites
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