Warbird Information Exchange

I know there must have been threads on this but I can't find them, how many C-47s were used in the filming of the BoB series during the Day of Days episode depicting the Normandy air drop? Also, who supplied the planes?

I believe they used 4 C-47's and a couple of "billboard" flat C-47 cutouts in the background scenes. They also used a disassembled C-47 for the studio interiors and door jump.
Jerry

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

Just said hey to Don Malarkey at the grocery store

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Don't touch my junk!!

I just finished his book. Those guys were and are still amazing to me. The truly amazing part is there were thousands of guys just like him on both fronts.

I know it doesn't always look like it but I see the same spark in some of our troops today. Some great, some not so great, some feed off chicken$h1t and some are brilliant. It is there.

I still will take as much time and any vet wants to spend talking to me. If I am late, well then I am late. Usually when I tell the powers that be why I am late, no one seems to mind.

Bless them all.

MSgt Kelly Jamison
39th AS Dyess AFB TX
C-130 FE Evaluator

There were 4 of them.

N147DC - Aces High (USA) Ltd
N47FK - Dakota Club
G-DAKK - South Coast Airways
G-AMRA - Air Atlantique
The Air Atlantique was the one I flew in with Babe Heffron from Bournemouth to Cherbourg .

I hope this helps?

Jack , Could Don Hear you?

N147DC: C-47A-75-DL 42-10084 built by Douglas (Long Beach)
N47FK: C-47A-35-DL 42-23838 built by Douglas (Long Beach)
G-DAKK: C-47A-35-DL 42-23936 built by Douglas (Long Beach)
G-AMRA: C47B-15-DK 43-49474 built by Douglas (Oklahoma)

All the best,
PB