"Placid Lassie," a vintage C-47 plane built in 1943 that flew over Normandy on D-Day in World War II, took off at Pittsfield Airport Saturday for a flight in honor of the 80th anniversary of the 1942 ...

‘Placid Lassie,’ a vintage C-47 plane built in 1943 and which flew over Normandy on D-Day in World War II, began at Pittsfield Airport Saturday for a flight in honor of the 80th anniversary of the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Seventy-five years after dropping airborne troops into Nazi-occupied France, vintage ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - The Chippewa Valley Air Show may have ended Sunday, but before the planes landed for the final time this weekend, people got to experience flight from a different era when ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – Four historic aircraft will visit the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach this Sunday for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. According to a release from the museum, the ...

TOCCOA, Ga. (FOX Carolina) - To honor the 80th anniversary of the allied invasion of Normandy, actors from the HBO series “Band of Brothers” are training in northeastern Georgia to make a historic ...

The Placid Lassie – with twin engines “Eager Eileen” and “Idling Ada” – strikes an imposing figure at Barnes Air National Guard Base and Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport. The C-47 is an 80-year-old ...

The D-Day Squadron successfully completed a mission flying 15 C-47 airplanes to Europe for the 75th anniversary of D-Day and 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. The mission involved over 56 days ...

Luke Sharrett is a freelance photographer and contributor to NPR. He is based in Louisville, Ky., and has had a lifelong interest in World War II. This week, the world is marking 75 years since the ...