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Oh learned members of ARC,

 

Does anyone know if decals exist for a 1/48 C-47 that carried the troops of Easy Company of the "Band of Brothers" fame?  I don't even know if it was documented which aircraft carried that particular group into Normandy.

 

Thanks,

 

Eric

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From looking at aviation art done of the event. It shows Winters C-47 coded L4-E. I can not say that is correct or not but making the assumption that the artist did his research.

91st Troop Carrier Squadron

 

https://www.valorstudios.com/products/we-were-a-band-of-brothers-by-john-d-shaw

 

Mike

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Thanks Mike!  That was a pretty good place to start!  I found another website last night that I hadn't come across before.  It actually showed which C-47s carried each group of troops over Normandy.  I did see/verify the fact that the "L4" C-47 did carry the members of Easy Co.  Not sure what the bureau numbers were on it, but I'll keep doing some more digging.  At least I was able to verify the "L4" code thanks to your lead.

 

Now, the next step....seeing if I can find any decals for it.

 

Eric

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I researched this some time ago for a similar project in 1/72, and with info from various sources identified the 91st TCS aircraft that carried Lt Winters' stick as 42-100646 L4-E, Chalk Number 67...

 

....this guy's done a diorama in 1/48: http://www.hudsonairdepot.com/WintersStick.aspx

 

Don't know if this is the site you're referring to in the preceding post, but it has the formation plan and aircraft idents for the drop:

http://www.6juin1944.com/assaut/aeropus/en_page.php?page=s12

 

 

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Alot of times the invasion stripes weren't razor sharp.  The markings were put on at the last moment so there was less chance the enemy would see the change and be alerted of possible trouble.  Some were sharp but I have seen photos and film of them being put on with brooms.

 

The same thing still applied back in the mid 70s when a bunch of Ah-1s sitting at Little Rock AFB suddenly started to cammo their ships with buckets of mud and were using mops and brooms.

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