70 Ans Après/70 Years On

Service of Remembrance - the fly-pasts Dakota. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030757C

Service of Remembrance - the fly-pasts Dakota. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030757CM

Service of Remembrance - the fly-pasts Dakota. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030763C

Service of Remembrance - the fly-pasts Dakota. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030774C

Service of Remembrance - the fly-pasts Dakota. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030779C

Service of Remembrance - the fly-pasts Dakota. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030794XC

Service of Remembrance - the fly-pasts Dakota. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030780MC

Service of Remembrance - the fly-pasts Two Spitfires (BBMF) and a Mustang. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030832C

Service of Remembrance - the fly-pasts Two Spitfires (BBMF) and a Mustang. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030834SC

Service of Remembrance - the fly-pasts Two Spitfires (BBMF) and a Mustang. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030842C

Service of Remembrance - the fly-pasts Dakota and Beech 18. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030847M

Service of Remembrance - the fly-pasts Dakota and Beech 18. 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030853C

Service of Remembrance 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030642

Service of Remembrance 70th Anniversary of D-Day, Lee on the Solent. 200_P1030672

On June 2-4 2014 eight Dakotas (and other aircraft) gathered at Lee on Solent prior to flying to France to participate in events commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day. It was a long wait for their departure in wind and rain on 4 June as the weather threatened to replicate exactly that of the 1944 date. Eventually, at around 1250, they took to the air creating a sight perhaps never to be repeated. I captured six of the eight aircraft. This is one of two Dakotas in USAF D-Day markings, 2100882/N473DC. 200_P1030879C

On June 2-4 2014 eight Dakotas (and other aircraft) gathered at Lee on Solent prior to flying to France to participate in events commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day. It was a long wait for their departure in wind and rain on 4 June as the weather threatened to replicate exactly that of the 1944 date. Eventually, at around 1250, they took to the air creating a sight perhaps never to be repeated. I captured six of the eight aircraft. This is one of two Dakotas in USAF D-Day markings, 224064/N74589. 200_P1030887C

On June 2-4 2014 eight Dakotas (and other aircraft) gathered at Lee on Solent prior to flying to France to participate in events commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day. It was a long wait for their departure in wind and rain on 4 June as the weather threatened to replicate exactly that of the 1944 date. Eventually, at around 1250, they took to the air creating a sight perhaps never to be repeated. I captured six of the eight aircraft. This is Air France coloured F-BBBE, a registration which is part of the scheme as the actual registration is F-AZTE. 200_P1030895C

On June 2-4 2014 eight Dakotas (and other aircraft) gathered at Lee on Solent prior to flying to France to participate in events commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day. It was a long wait for their departure in wind and rain on 4 June as the weather threatened to replicate exactly that of the 1944 date. Eventually, at around 1250, they took to the air creating a sight perhaps never to be repeated. I captured six of the eight aircraft. This is Norwegian example LN-WND. 200_P1030903C