Whiskey 7 goes to war #1 is a photograph by Gary Eason which was uploaded on June 5th, 2014.
Whiskey 7 goes to war #1
Douglas C-47A Skytrain 43-30652 - better known as Whiskey 7 for the W7 identifier it carried on D-Day, 6 June 1944, when it left RAF Cottesmore,... more
by Gary Eason
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Whiskey 7 goes to war #1
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Gary Eason
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Photograph - Digital Picture
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Douglas C-47A Skytrain 43-30652 - better known as "Whiskey 7" for the W7 identifier it carried on D-Day, 6 June 1944, when it left RAF Cottesmore, England, as part of the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron. W7 was lead ship in the second wave of the US airborne invasion, dropping elements of the 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division on Drop Zone O near St Mere Eglise. Their commander, Lt. Col. Edward C. Krause, jumped from this airframe.
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June 5th, 2014
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