_AS WORLD LEADERS GATHER in France this month to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, restoration specialists here at the National Air and Space Museum will be continuing their work to conserve one of the aircraft that took part in that momentous operation. The B-26 Marauder Flak-Bait, which completed more combat missions during World War Ⅱ than any other U.S. aircraft, flew three of its 206 sorties in support of the D-Day invasion. Since August 2014, from a glassed-in mezzanine at the Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, visitors have viewed restorers at work on this historic artifact. In this issue, youll read about their efforts to preserve the invasion stripes painted on Flak-Bait just before its D-Day missions. The stripes identified Allied airplanes to help gunners avoid confusing them with the enemy.
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机译：_AS世界领导者集会本月在法国纪念D-Day 75周年，国家航空航天博物馆的修复专家将继续努力，以保护参与这一重大行动的其中一架飞机。在第二次世界大战期间完成的战斗任务比任何其他美国飞机都要多的B-26掠夺者高飞鱼饵（Ba-26 Marauder Flak-Bait）飞行了其206架次中的三架，以支持D日入侵。自2014年8月起，参观者从位于弗吉尼亚州博物馆的史蒂芬·乌德瓦·哈兹（Steven F. Udvar-Hazy）中心的玻璃夹层夹层中，参观者观看了修复这种历史古迹的修复工。在本期杂志中，您将了解到他们在D-Day任务执行前为保留Flak-Bait上的入侵条纹所做的工作。这些条纹确定了盟军的飞机，以帮助炮手避免将其与敌人混淆。
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