historic plane | Hartzell Propeller Airplane Propeller and Aircraft Propeller Systems Tue, 04 Jun 2019 17:33:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://hartzellprop.com/wp-content/uploads/logo2-60x60.png historic plane | Hartzell Propeller 32 32 Historic Planes Return to Normandy to Commemorate 75th Anniversary of D-Day https://hartzellprop.com/historic-planes-return-to-normandy-for-d-day-commemoration/ Tue, 04 Jun 2019 17:33:24 +0000 http://hartzellprop.com/?p=18099 On June 6, 1944, a fleet of more than 800 C-47 Skytrain (Dakota) aircraft flew from England to Normandy, France in the first wave of the fateful D-Day Allied invasion. The lead aircraft of the main airborne invasion was piloted by Lt. Col. John M. Donalson, who chose the aircraft’s name–“That’s All, Brother”–as a message […]

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