A C-47 plane that dropped Blakey into Normandy in 1944
Gift of Tom Blakey, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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A C-47 transport aircraft named "Peaches from Mobile", the airplane that dropped Thomas 'Tom' Blakey into Normandy on D-Day. Notice the 'Normandy Stripes' on the wings of the plane. England. Circa May - 5 June 1944
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Items from the service of Tom Blakey, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division who jumped into Normandy early D-Day morning.
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England
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53.000
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-2.000
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Airplanes--American--England