“WACO, TX – L-3 Aerospace Systems has announced it has delivered the freshly painted lead aircraft from World War II’s Normandy Invasion to the San Marcos-based Commemorative Air Force Central Texas Wing.”
http://www.centexproud.com/news/local/lead-plane-from-d-day-painted-at-l-3-in-waco/1222165788
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Finally in her authentic paint work, from its informative and humorous raw post-restoration airframe work and messages.
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By: JohnTerrell - 7th June 2018 at 17:38
The hand-painted nose art was just recently applied as well: http://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-restorations/thats-all-brother-the-nose-art-interview.html
Here are some recent photos from the CAF Central Texas Wing “That’s All Brother” Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/thatsallbrother/) as well:
https://scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34048672_1291109454355010_4894113867992399872_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=80a6a44cad5f6950d8ec4b136e021bd0&oe=5BB87AFE
https://scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34340335_1292591504206805_6772165696299204608_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=6dfd9b8995c7dc20cbf2330097d6170f&oe=5BBD16E1
https://scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34268858_1292065530926069_1897078065276649472_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=0a1ad38d260d29890e92508794feaa38&oe=5BB88C2C
https://scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/34016864_1290937011038921_5423633217615822848_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=00f4a5afbb86fffffdf605bbe3d1fe2e&oe=5B7817C9
https://scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/32560274_1280787862053836_1014568642223800320_o.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=f9877c3c6abde51fd4d1a6d31dc6a75f&oe=5BB883D8
As the original news piece mentions and illustrates, as well as some of the linked photos show, the invasion stripes were applied with brushes as well, and done purposely to look rushed/imperfect. What you can’t easily see is that the whole aircraft is covered in the original factory stencils as well (thanks to AirCorps Aviation).
“That’s All Brother” was the lead aircraft on Mission Albany, leading 432 aircraft on the night of June 5th, 1944 (the Pathfinders and RAF already had made prior drops before this), and was not the lead plane of the entire D-Day invasion.
I was compiling a list yesterday of C-47’s, C-53’s and Dakotas, flying today, that participated in the D-Day invasion 74 years ago, and I came up with these:
– SE-CFP “Daisy”
– PH-PBA “Prinses Amalia”
– “Drag ‘Em Oot”
– “Placid Lassie”
– “Tico Belle”
– “Whiskey 7”
– “That’s All Brother”
– “Sky King”
– Kermit Weeks’ 43-15211
– 42-92606
– “Second Choice”
– Buffalo Airways’ C-GWZS
– “Mayfly”
– “Virginia Ann”
– “D-Day Doll”
– N43XX “Thunderbird Flying Service”
– Lyon Air Museum’s N16005
– Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum’s C-GRSB (soon to be returned to its original RAF markings)
There are a number of others that could be listed but are not currently flyable.
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June 7, 2018 at 4:38 pm