That’s all Brother

[Jim Jamieson]

I was dropping off a parcel at a local nursing home this afternoon when I happened to look up and saw this coming in to land at nearby Prestwick Airport

I said to the missus I’m sure that’s an old DC 3 and thought it’s a bit early for the air show but saw it on the news tonight.

Quite an amazing history with this old aircraft.

[Blink]

What markings did it have?

Probably a C-47 flying in from the USA.

A whole stack of them (30+) are gathering to go over to France on 5th June for the D-Day anniversary.

Was it one of these? https://www.daksovernormandy.com/aircraft/

More details here - https://www.military-airshows.co.uk/press19/daks-over-normandy-duxford.htm

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Could have been this one - https://www.daksovernormandy.com/air...-kwicherbichen

https://www.meetup.com/The-Glasgow-P...nts/260787879/

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Route: Oxford. CT (USA) to Goose Bay (Canada) to Narsarsuaq (Greenland) to Reykjavik (Iceland) to Prestwick (Scotland! ).

See 2nd map down on the left side of this page (scroll down) - https://www.military-airshows.co.uk/...dy-duxford.htm

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Originally Posted by Blink

Was it one of these? https://www.daksovernormandy.com/aircraft/

No, it was this one https://thatsallbrother.org/ - one of 16 coming in from the US. They'll join up with the rest of them over here (IWM), then fly to France on 5th June. It'll be quite a sight.

[planenut]

There is an airshow at Duxford as a basis for this.......
https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/daks-over-duxford

Nicely tuned these engines make a lovely sound, but sixty of them? Sweet!

[Jim Jamieson]

Yes there’s quite a few sitting on the tarmac at Prestwick Airport.

I had to pass that way this evening and the place was swarming with photographers.

Anyone going down there the best place to see them is at the old HMS Gannet gate on the back road from Monkton to Tarbolton

[Darcydog]

Originally Posted by Blink

What markings did it have?

Probably a C-47 flying in from the USA.

A whole stack of them (30+) are gathering to go over to France on 5th June for the D-Day anniversary.

Was it one of these? https://www.daksovernormandy.com/aircraft/

More details here - https://www.military-airshows.co.uk/press19/daks-over-normandy-duxford.htm

Looking forward to the celebrations - I often pass Stoney Cross Airfield site and the USAAF HQ near Poulner which is now Moyles Court School.

It is a bit sobering to realise that the Concrete ‘passing points’ I drive past most days are the remnants of a truly significant U.K. USA Air Force Bass for D - Day.

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Originally Posted by planenut

... Nicely tuned these engines make a lovely sound, but sixty of them? Sweet!

There'll be a few Merlins around too.

[wullie480]

Originally Posted by Jim Jamieson

Yes there’s quite a few sitting on the tarmac at Prestwick Airport.

I had to pass that way this evening and the place was swarming with photographers.

Anyone going down there the best place to see them is at the old HMS Gannet gate on the back road from Monkton to Tarbolton

Saw them all sitting on the way home from work looked busy even though it was raining.
Some nice looking aircraft on show managed to see a few of them flying around the other day the joys of working adjacent the airport.