John Oram's photos with the keyword: N74589

On June 2-4 2014 eight Dakotas (and other aircraft) gathered at Lee on Solent prior to flying to France to participate in events commemorating the 70th anniversary of D-Day. It was a long wait for their departure in wind and rain on 4 June as the weather threatened to replicate exactly that of the 1944 date. Eventually, at around 1250, they took to the air creating a sight perhaps never to be repeated. I captured six of the eight aircraft. This is one of two Dakotas in USAF D-Day markings, 224064/N74589. 200_P1030887C

I still have a lot to learn about ground to air photography (and my cameras). I was lucky to recover this photograph from an exposure error. Doubly lucky because this lovely Dakota N74589/42-24064 was the first of several to arrive at Lee on Solent for a special event commemorating D-Day. This C-47 is on the US civil register as a DC-3C. 200_P1030525C