Herpa U.S. Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Super Hercules - 62nd Airlift Squadron, 314th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Base – “D-Day Heritage Flight“ 1/200

In 1944, Douglas C-47s belonging to the 62nd Troop Carrier Squadron dropped hundreds of troops as part of Operation Neptune to establish a bridgehead in Normandy. 75 years later, two Hercules transport of the same unit took part in the anniversary celebrations on and above the French coast. The C-130J with the serial 14-5802 received so-called “invasion stripes” which were applied to fuselage and wings of the majority of Allied aircraft during and after “D-Day”.

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