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PHOTO AEROPLANE DOUGLAS R4D-6 SKYTRAIN 'N231GB' 'ROUND TRIP' C/N 26108/14663. BUILT 1944 AS A C-47A WITH THE US MILITARY SERIAL 43-48847. LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE US NAVY AS AN R4D-6 AND GIVEN THE BUREAU NO 50749. CALIFORNIA CITY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT CA USA. 29-2-2016 THE SERIAL ON THE DATA PANEL (BY THE COCKPIT) IS 43-15644. THIS WAS THE SERIAL ON THE ORIGINAL 'ROUND TRIP'. THE FOLLOWING STORY OF 'ROUND TRIP' IS FROM THE 'WWII AIRBORNE DEMONSTRATION TEAM' WEBSITE:- 'ON THE EVENING ON 5-6TH JUNE 1944 PILOTED BY CAPTAIN LLOYD G. NEBLETT C-47 43-15644 NUMBERED Z4 WAS ON THE FIRST WAVE OF THE PARATROOPER DROP INTO NORMANDY. THE CREW CONSISTED OF CO-PILOT 2ND LT. O'BRIEN NAVIGATOR 2ND LT. BAUERNFIEND CREW CHIEF T/SGT MOSELY AND RADIO OPERATOR SGT ST. JOHN. THEY WERE ABLE TO DEPLOY A FULL STICK OF 18 TROOPERS OF THE 2ND BATTALION 501ST PARACHUTE INFANTRY REGIMENT DESPITE THE AIRCRAFT BEING SEVERELY DAMAGED BY A FALLING BUNDLE FROM ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. EVEN WITH A SEVERELY DAMAGED WING LLOYD AND HIS CO-PILOT TOM O'BRIEN WERE ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT MAINTAIN HEIGHT DROP THE TROOPERS ON THE CORRECT DZ AND LIMP HOME TO ENGLAND. FLYING THE CRIPPLED PLANE HOME IN DARKNESS LLOYD WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO HIS BASE IN ENGLAND AND LANDED WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE PLANE. DESPITE THE DAMAGE ROUND TRIP WAS REPAIRED AND FLEW MANY SUBSEQUENT MISSIONS IN WW2. FOR HIS COURAGE FOR HIS COURAGE PROFESSIONAL SKILL INITIATIVE AND DETERMINATION ON THE D-DAY NORMANDY MISSION LLOYD RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS' COPYRIGHT ALAN WILSOPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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REF NO AWILSON-5127
PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches
CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO
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