Remembering the Fallen: https://facebook/events/876138589067881/ On Saturday, 28 June, the Military Aviation Museum welcomed two veterans of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, Col. Ed Shames and Sgt. Norwood Thomas. Their visit was intended to commemorate the 70th-anniversary of D-Day, 6 June, 1944, which heralded the start of Operation Overlord. At the conclusion of our veterans’ presentation the MAMs North American P-51D Mustang, Double Trouble Two, took flight in a demonstration of air power. This time she carried with her a distinguished passenger, Col. Shames. Mustangs played an important role, along with P-38 and P-47 fighters, as escorts for the hundreds of aircraft involved in airborne operations, including glider tugs, on D-Day. Flying alongside, Sgt. Thomas chose the more commodious cockpit of our North American SNJ-2 for his aerial excursion. We could forgive them both a muffled war whoop – the distinctive call of the “Screaming Eagles” – as they shot skyward in our own veteran #warbirds. These images appear courtesy of Mr. Art Norfolk.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:20:50 +0000
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