On 4/5/2020 3:52 PM, AL wrote:
Thought you would get a kick out of this:
Subject: An Interesting Coincidence
Max and Eddie,
A good friend of mine and former docent at the NASM, was reviewing my latest book and
came across this C47 picture with the tail number as shown. The
picture was taken in 1949 on the occasion of a parade at Fassberg air
base to honor those men who had died during the airlift. I am 13
years old and wearing my best outfit – army summer pants, a half
sweater knitted for me by my mom, and so on. Al … looked at the tail number and
thought, let me see what I can find. Well, to my great amazement he
found that this aircraft had participated in the D-Day landings, later
on in Market Garden, the doomed thrust through Holland designed by
Montgomery which was guaranteed to end the war weeks earlier, which it
didn’t. Then this same aircraft, now owned by the Danes participated
in the making of the movie on Market Garden, and now can be viewed at
a Danish air museum. When I leaned against the elevator I had no idea
what a veteran this aircraft was. At the time the C-54 was flying
coal to Berlin out of Fassberg, and these aircraft were used as
couriers or just to get from one place to another. If you need a
filler, this is a good one I think. cheers, wolf
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From Gaye Lyn
To AL
Date 4/5/2020 10:41:30 PM
Subject Re: Fwd: An Interesting Coincidence
For the 1,000th time — YOU’RE HIRED!
Great story! Thanks. I do get a kick out of it.
Was there a tail number on the sorry drab DC-3 parked next to your
friend’s?
If you’re looking for another hour of Veterans Air — I have 4 YouTubes
just loaded that I’m not putting out on a Post until later this week. I
told Harry they were safe in my YouTube library — except from you!!!
You once-again proven intelligence sleuth. Make a stupendous title for
your Memories book!
Night!
Gaye Lyn Gravely
Current day Researcher
Saunie Gravely, Founder, 1945
Veterans Air Express & Veterans Air Line
m: 1-505-795-8913
w: VeteransAir.org