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D-Day 2024 Legacy Tour Planned

Squadron’s fundraising has already exceeded its primary goal as part of effort to mark the invasion’s 80th anniversary.

In 2024 the D-Day Squadron plans to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Allied forces' invasion of Normandy and honor those who fought. [Courtesy: D-Day Squadron]
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Key Takeaways:

  • The D-Day Squadron is organizing "The 2024 Legacy Tour" to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day in June 2024 and to give equal recognition to the Berlin Airlift.
  • The tour will involve a transatlantic flight of vintage DC-3/C-47/C-53 aircraft from the U.S. to Europe for events in Normandy around June 5 and a Berlin Airlift commemoration from June 11-14.
  • The squadron is actively crowdfunding to support the tour's complex planning and logistics, having already met its initial Kickstarter goal for publicity efforts.
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June 6, 2024, will mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, better known as D-Day. On that day more than 11,000 aircraft were mobilized as Allied forces began a massive land, sea, and air mission that marked the beginning of the end of World War II.

In 2024 the D-Day Squadron plans to commemorate the event and honor those who fought, but they need your help. The squadron, made up of Douglas DC-3/C-47/C-53 airplanes, is raising money with the help of Five Oaks Consulting and a crowdfunding campaign. They need to raise at least $7,500 to kick off publicity efforts for the trip they are calling “The 2024 Legacy Tour.” The full D-Day Squadron campaign over the next year will exceed $1 million.

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

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