
← CAF Warbird Tube15 jun · 50 min
From Normandy to the Bulge | Restoring a Historic WWII C-47 Skytrain
From Normandy to the Bulge | Restoring a Historic WWII C-47 Skytrain
Before dawn on D-Day, C-47 Skytrains filled the skies over Normandy carrying paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions into occupied Europe. Months later, during the Battle of the Bulge, those same aircraft flew desperately needed supplies through brutal winter weather to surrounded Allied troops in the Ardennes. One of those aircraft still survives. In this episode of CAF Warbird Tube, we explore the restoration of C-47A Skytrain 43-15200—better known by its wartime nose ar...