echolmberg Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
P-38 guy Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) 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 Edited September 22, 2021 by P-38 guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
echolmberg Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
andyf117 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 (edited) 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 Edited September 23, 2021 by andyf117 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ikar Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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