D-day 06jun19

[Marcovh]

Hi,

this year will be the 75th anniversary of D-day. As this will be my first visit I have some questions:
- Where will be the official ceremony?
- Where to expect the presidential flights to arrive?

[Antilliaan]

It may be hard to find for security reasons, but it may appear on one of many websites listing all the events in the area sooner or later, like this one:

https://www.dday-overlord.com/en/norman ... 019/agenda

[Marcovh]

official location is known now. Juno Beach.
Still wondering what the preferred air field is for the attending presidents.

Small airshow with PdF and Breitling in LA FIÈRE (3KM DE SAINTE-MÈRE-ÉGLISE on the Sunday .

[frank kramer]

Don't forget the Daks over Normandy display at Caen-Carpiquet on friday and saturday. The sunday event at La Fière also includes mass paradrops of 1400 paratroopers, of which a 1000 are said to be military. Wonder what transport they will use, and from which airfield...

[Zonan]

Don't forget the Daks over Normandy display at Caen-Carpiquet on friday and saturday. The sunday event at La Fière also includes mass paradrops of 1400 paratroopers, of which a 1000 are said to be military. Wonder what transport they will use, and from which airfield...

Last year they used 4 C-130s and 2 C-160s and did a flyby with 2 A-10s as well (one of them with the dday colours).
The transport aircraft were at Cherbourg airport

[Kuine]

9 juni 12 x hercules us airforce .

[Marcovh]

also Belgium will be present with their C-130 on the 9th. Self confirmed on their Twitter account.

[Marcovh]

another interesting event popped up:
http://www.plagesdu6juin1944.com/blog/7 ... piste.html

[Stranger]

Still wondering what the preferred air field is for the attending presidents.

Caen-Carpiquet I'd say.

Barack Obama used it in 2009 and 2014. It is also right next to the N13, which will only be used for transporting VIPs and veterans on the 6th of June, and there are no Daks over Normandy activities at the airport that day.

[Polleke_NL]

L-Birds on the beach (June 9) has been cancelled to to environmental activists objections. Other events involving the L-Birds are still on...

[pespo]

Hello,
does any expert knows, wether are the same DAK`s of D-DAY and the BERLIN LUFTBRÜCKE 70 YEARS aircrafts??
Thank you for answer.
Peter

[michel N]

https://foerderverein-luftbruecke-berli ... flugzeuge/

Here’s a list for aircraft taking part in the Luftbrücke memorial

[Polleke_NL]

9 juni 12 x hercules us airforce .

When and where?

[frank kramer]

That's what has been under discussion in this topic for a while already. Paradrop of 1400 paras on June 9 at St Mere-Eglise/La Fière, aircraft possibly/probably operating out of Cherbourg.

https://www.airborne-museum.org/program ... arquement/

[Polleke_NL]

Received an update from daks over Normandy confirming a mass paradrop west of Sannerville, close to Caen, on June 5., n49 10 56 75 w00 14 15 07