A few photos of my D-Day Dakota Fleet. Fuselage codes CJ - 71st Sdn, & CU 72nd Sdn, both from 434 Troop Carrier Group, 53rd Troop Carrier Wing. Based at Aldermaston.
The planes are Tumbling Dice 1/600. The USAAF decals are Doms Decals. The wing stripes are painted by hand - as were the originals! The D-Day markings do make the slightly boring OD over light grey a little more eye-catching.
The initial D-Day drops of 82nd & 101st Airborne took place on the night of 5/6 June, so this must be one of the follow up drops on 6 June.
3 planes from each squadron:
After running into the Luftwaffe.....
