75 years after D-Day, WWII aircraft depart Connecticut for Normandy
May 19, 2019 Julia Bergman - The Day
Aboard Betsy’s Biscuit Bomber — The restored C-47 World War II military plane flew in formation over the Hudson River under bright skies, flanked by other aircraft, passing the New York City skyline and Statue of Liberty — a picturesque sight, unlike the strife of 75 years ago.
On Sunday, the fleet of restored aircraft, known as the D-Day Squadron formed by the nonprofit Tunison Foundation, will depart from the Waterbury-Oxford Airport for Normandy, France, to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, stopping along the way at refueling stations in Greenland, Iceland and Scotland that were used during the war.
The trip will culminate on June 6 with Daks over Normandy, a flyover of more than 30 international aircraft, which will drop 250 paratroopers in authentic Allied uniforms over the original 1944 drop zones.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/05/75-years-after-d-day-wwii-aircraft-depart-connecticut-for-normandy/
