That's All, Brother
In 1944, a C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "That’s All, Brother" left England to drop troops into Normandy. Despite surviving dozens more missions, she disappeared after the war, thought to be destroyed or melted. But a discovery in a scrapyard in 2015 led to a race to save the aircraft that lead the D-day invasion. Follow her detailed restoration and return to the skies.
In 1944, a C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "That’s All, Brother" left England to drop troops into Normandy. Despite surviving dozens more missions, she disappeared after the war, thought to be destroyed or melted. But a discovery in a scrapyard in 2015 led to a race to save the aircraft that lead the D-day invasion. Follow her detailed restoration and return to the skies.
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