dejavuatbtn
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Didn’t see them but got woken up at 7.15 this morning by what sounded like a tank going over the roof!
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[News] Dakota D-Day Flypast
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Didn’t see them but got woken up at 7.15 this morning by what sounded like a tank going over the roof!
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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They have just left Duxford in the last few minutes.
clapham_gull
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- Aug 20, 2003
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You can track them on any flight app.
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Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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- Oct 4, 2003
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The invasion started overnight of the 5th going into the 6th. They don't really need the cover of darkness this time so the planes taking off on the 5th is still historically accurate.
clapham_gull
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- Aug 20, 2003
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That was pretty special, just left Burwash. You are in for a treat.
There are in one single line.
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There are in one single line.
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Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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- Oct 4, 2003
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Just flown over Eastbourne as I left work. Incredible to imagine what it must have looked and sounded like 75 years ago.
clapham_gull
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I imagine just like that
The sight in Buwarsh was stunning. Came over the valley directly towards us (from Wadhurst area) than slightly banked overhead towards the sea.
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Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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- Oct 4, 2003
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You know what I meant the scale of today would have been nothing compared to the numbers involved on D Day.I imagine just like that
The sight in Buwarsh was stunning. Came over the valley directly towards us (from Wadhurst area) than slightly banked overhead towards the sea.
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Yes I'm still stuck in the traffic though West of Seaford the jams subsided.
12a only going as far Sealife Centre.
robinsonsgrin
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didnt anyone get a pic!!!!
Lincoln Imp
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- Feb 2, 2009
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Quite liked this photo caption on your link: Dakotas drop Allied soldiers and supplies over the beachhead between Marseilles and Nice during the Normandy invasion. Who knew?
I would have done but phone died before the flypast. Most people were standing on the seafront and pier but the flypast was parallel to the beach but inland somewhat. It meant that the close ups were viewed between hotel blocks until they turned left at Beachy Head and headed out over the channel. Many were disappointed by what could have been a brilliant spectacle if they'd flown over the sea.
I'm sure there must have been a reason for that.
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clapham_gull
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- Aug 20, 2003
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Didn't come down to Sussex to see it, was completely unaware of it until midday. I work "from home" there about twice a month. Glad I did. They flew right over the village.
Today was very poignant because I witnessed a little something in the same spot as my late Dad. The family have lived the same place for years and experienced the war there. My Dad would have been 9, evacuated somewhere "safer" for a bit, but was back in the village before D Day,
Came straight towards us across the valley in a seemingly never ending train, then banked towards Eastbourne, Simply amazing. Me worrying about "health and safety" but then thinking back about my Dad (and the villagers) worrying about whether the soldiers would come back.
Just a few minutes of my life, but the first time for me that sympathy regarding the Second World War transcended into empathy
My mum then cuts through my misty eyed moment, by telling me that my Dad "loved" the war with all the bits falling from the sky to collect and gave himself a hernia jumping too "enthusiastically" into an air raid shelter.
Great day.
Today was very poignant because I witnessed a little something in the same spot as my late Dad. The family have lived the same place for years and experienced the war there. My Dad would have been 9, evacuated somewhere "safer" for a bit, but was back in the village before D Day,
Came straight towards us across the valley in a seemingly never ending train, then banked towards Eastbourne, Simply amazing. Me worrying about "health and safety" but then thinking back about my Dad (and the villagers) worrying about whether the soldiers would come back.
Just a few minutes of my life, but the first time for me that sympathy regarding the Second World War transcended into empathy
My mum then cuts through my misty eyed moment, by telling me that my Dad "loved" the war with all the bits falling from the sky to collect and gave himself a hernia jumping too "enthusiastically" into an air raid shelter.
Great day.