Remembering D-Day

Marking the 67th anniversary of D-Day

From LiveAirShowTv:  D-Day video from 2004 when we celebrated the 60th Anniversary at Nellis.  This video won multiple International awards and was praised by many D-Day vets who were there and saw it.  We played it at the Thunderbird Hangar Party just prior to the air show that year.

Normandy Invasion - Britannica.com | The invasion would be supported by more than 13,000 fighter, bomber, and transport aircraft, against which the Luftwaffe (the German air force) was able to deploy fewer than 400 on D-Day. Between April 1 and June 5, 1944, the British and American strategic air forces deployed 11,000 aircraft, flew 200,000 sorties, and dropped 195,000 tons of bombs on French rail centres and road networks as well as German airfields, radar installations, military bases, and coastal artillery batteries. Two thousand Allied aircraft were lost in   ...

Lancaster veteran vividly remembers D-Day - Lancaster Eagle Gazette | He is the past commander of American Legion Post 11, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and American ex-Prisoners of War. As for D-day, Stine said he had a few nightmares when he first came home, but after that he was fine. ...

D-Day remembered at the Palm Springs Air Museum - The Desert Sun | The Palm Springs Air Museum will celebrate the 67th anniversary of D-Day with a special program — featuring a World War II paratrooper — from 11 am to 3 pm on Monday. Capt. Dean McCandless, 91, will be on hand to speak about his experiences and ...

Invasion! Remember the Heroes of D-Day and Those Beautiful Stripes! from The Aero Experience | The D-Day invasion of Europe by Allied Forces on June 6, 1944 marked the beginning of the end for the Axis Powers.  Soldiers (and Allied gunners!) were no doubt relieved to see aircraft bearing those black and white invasion stripes painted on Allied aircraft flying overhead.  ...

Photos: D-Day ceremonies honor veterans 67 years later - MSNBC

And to quote Rob Reider: June 6, 1944 - Sixty-seven years ago - Operation Overlord began. D-Day. 160,000 Allied soldiers, 5 beaches - Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha, Utah beaches. An incredible price was paid by so many to stop the Nazi war machine. We owe them - and all the members of the Greatest Generation - so very much.

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