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EAA Night 3: D-Day reenactment planes get their invasion stripes, Canadian Snowbirds return to EAA
The day before the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944, black and white stripes were hurriedly painted on Allied planes to identify them to ground forces. Re-enactors recreated that process in real ...
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World War II's D-Day: Photos reveal world's largest amphibious invasion
The D-Day invasion took place on June 6 ... advance upon the beaches of France in the wake of the Stars and Stripes, on D-Day. General Dwight Eisenhower gives the order of the day, "Full Victory ...
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80 years later, memories of D-Day invasion, sacrifice remain strong
About a month before the Allied invasion of a 50-mile stretch of ... Every single plane on D-Day had stripes to reduce the risk of friendly fire.” After painting, the crews were called into ...