DAKS OVER DUXFORD, NORMANDY AND BERLIN

摘要

It promises to be one of the aviation events of the decade. For several weeks in June, the largest gathering of Douglas C-47/ DC-3 variants ever seen in the modern era will come together in Britain, France and Germany to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day and the 70th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Airlift. At the time of writing, 38 examples of the Douglas transport and its derivatives were booked to attend the Daks over Duxford and Daks over Normandy elements. That's All, Brother will form part of the D-Day Squadron, the entire contingent of US-based aircraft making the trip (see also pages 6-7). They will fly the North Atlantic ferry route from Oxford, Connecticut, via Goose Bay, Narsarsuaq, Reykjavik and Prestwick, ending up at IWM Duxford. Joining them will be aircraft from Denmark, Finland, France, Hungary (the Goldtimer Foundation's Lisunov Li-2), Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.