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June 06, 2015

CAF Hopes To Restore C-47 That Led The Normandy Invasion

Kickstarter Campaign Established To Raise Funds For The Get The Effort Underway

The transport aircraft that led the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France more than 70 years ago has been rediscovered in an aircraft boneyard in Wisconsin. Believed lost to history, the airplane was slated to be cut apart and remanufactured as a modern turbo-prop. Now, the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) is launching a Kickstarter funding campaign to save and restore the plane to flying condition.

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