First plane over D-Day may fly again

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1:21p, 12/15/17
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http://amarillo.com/national-news/news/2017-12-15/plane-led-normandy-invasion-discovered-restored

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A plane that led the invasion of Normandy during World War II has been saved from a junkyard and carefully restored in Oshkosh.

The C-47, called "That's All, Brother," carried the first paratroopers who stormed the beaches of Normandy. The aircraft led the more than 800 other C-47s also carrying paratroopers.

WLUK-TV says the plane was lost for 70 years and was accidentally discovered by an Air Force historian at the Basler Turbo Conversions junkyard in Oshkosh in 2015. The group, Commemorative Air Force, started a campaign to restore the relic. Employees at Basler have spent more than 22,000 hours restoring the treasure.

Their hope is to fly the aircraft over Normandy in 2019 for the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

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1:24p, 12/15/17
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https://commemorativeairforce.org/root/aboutus/support-our-organization/thatsallbrother-2017


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3:52p, 12/16/17
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The C-47, called "That's All, Brother," carried the first paratroopers who stormed the beaches of Normandy

Or carried the first paratroopers over Normandy
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In reply to ABATTBQ87 • 4:09p, 12/16/17
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The next time a reporter gets something correct...

...will be the first time.
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7:42p, 12/16/17
Don't hold your breath on that reporter thing.

I was able to climb around inside the fuselage while at Oshkosh this July.
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10:09p, 12/18/17
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Lost for 70 years?

No.
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11:48p, 12/18/17
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We're back to bad reporting, but perhaps it was lost, as in, "no one realized its historical value" as it was hauling freight.
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