“It’s so rare to have a plane that was actually there and did what it did,” Mr. Scales said in a phone interview. Think of a Coca-Cola can with wings.”Normandy was overcast on D-Day — terrible weather for the operation — but “That’s All, Brother” emerged largely unscathed. “At that point, my jaw kind of hit the floor,” Mr. Chetwynd said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyUltimately, Mr. Chetwynd said, the goal is to fly the plane over Normandy in 2019 to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Mr. Scales said that after years of keeping tabs on the old C-47, he was glad to see its historical value realized.

Source: New York Times January 29, 2018 13:07 UTC