*Extremely Rare!!!* Whiskey7 DC3 Takeoff & Flyby at Prestwick Airport

Hi all on Friday 23rd May Whiskey7 Finally departed on its onward joruney to france. Whiskey7 Departed for Duxford (down south in England). I also Met Scott    / drs47802   to catch this departure.

Aircraft Info
A RESTORED Douglas C-47 aircraft that originally had a lead role on D-Day in 1944 is landing at Prestwick en route to visiting Normandy to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of D-Day and to honour Veterans. The C-47 troop carrier, a.k.a. Whiskey 7, will make its first European landing at Prestwick on May 20/21 after crossing the Atlantic.

The museum's flagship aircraft, a restored Douglas C-47, will revisit Normandy, France, to commemorate the anniversary this summer. Departing the National Warplane Museum May 15, Whiskey 7 and the crew will traverse across the North-Atlantic, making seven stops before reaching Normandy. Once again, Whiskey 7 will play a key role in D-Day Re-enacting the same mission carried out seventy years ago. Members of the volunteer paratrooper group, Liberty Jump Team, will be deployed from Whiskey 7 over original drop zones, including a town that has not seen a parachute drop since D-Day.

Whiskey 7 is one-of-a-kind. Not only do very few airworthy C-47s that served on D-Day remain active, but Whiskey 7 was the lead aircraft of the second wave of Allied troops, directing hundreds of C-47s from the English Channel to France. She also carried 21 paratroops from the 3rd Battalion, including their commander, Lt. Col. Edward C. Krause, who led the assault on Sainte-Mere-Eglise. (Info From Prestwick Airport's Website)

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