PREPARATION FOR D-DAY - DAKS OVER DUXFORD

[Gil Boyd]

Tomorrows Itinery at Duxford the Home of 19 and 242 Squadrons RAF WW2 and the home of Sqn Leader Douglas Bader's fighter wing Royal Air Force.

5 June 2019

• IWM Duxford gates open 10am
• 10am-6pm Large WW2 airborne exhibition (AirSpace Conservation Hall)
• 10am-6pm 16th Air Assault brigade display and demonstrations
• 1.40pm – 2.10pm Take-off all aircraft formations
• 2.10pm-2.15pm Mass formation over IWM Duxford heading off to Normandy
• 2.15pm-2.45pm D-Day aircraft parade

Great to see 101 and the 82nd standing next to each other on photo 5 without fighting.................ha ha memories at Fort Bragg in 1974

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[GeeRam]

Aren't they jumping into France tomorrow, the 5th June?

I see not too many of the guys in British kit are wearing boots, crunchy - no doubt for safety reasons, as unlike the US, we deemed a proper jump boot design a frivolous waste of wartime resources.