Now after over seventy years a C-47 is being readied for a return to Membury. The plane was about to be destroyed at an Arkansas scrap yard in 2012 but was been saved and is currently being restored in the Midlands with Walker Logistics paying for the reconstruction efforts. Charlie Walker, Walker Logistics’ Customer Relations Director, said:
“I want to bring it back to ‘base’ once again. This is an exciting project and we hope that the return of a fully operational C-47 will be seen as a fitting tribute to the men who took part in the allied invasion of occupied Europe in 1944.”
The plan is to have the aircraft fully restored and back at Membury for the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019, and Charlie, who holds a commercial airline pilot’s license, intends to fly the historic aircraft ‘home’ himself.
PICTURE – 436th Troop Carrier Group C-47’s at Membury.
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