Single achievement

C-47's over Normandy

This is a virtual airline achievement created by FireFly Air.

A cross community event taking as many C-47 (DC-3) aircraft as possible to fly the historic D-Day routes over Normandy

We are planning to have a number of groups fly this event - each with their own departure airports. I will be flying "That's All, Brother" with a planned departure from Blackbushe Airport EGLK (formally RAF Hartford Bridge) and then overly the former RAF Greenham Common EGLP which was the actual departure point.

That’s All, Brother left Greenham Common just before midnight on June 5 with seven crew members and paratroopers from the Infantry Regiment Headquarters of the 502nd. Unlike many that followed, the troops dropped onto their target, northeast of the French village of Carentan. Being the lead ship, the airplane didn’t meet the resistance that, along with weather and poor navigation, caused some later C-47s to miss their drop zones. “The navigator said, ‘We escaped most of the flak because the Krauts were still sleeping when we came over,’ ”

The scale of the aerial armada that followed was vast. In the first wave alone—code-name Albany—432 C-47s carried more than 4,000 paratroopers to France. They came in low to evade radar and kept radio silence. Sixty percent had no navigators. They flew through fog, low clouds, and flak. Drop zones were missed, chutes opened too low, and Germans were waiting. But wave after wave came—more than 13,000 paratroopers crossed the channel that night; the next day, almost 4,000 troops flew into France in gliders towed by C-47s.

ColFork will be flying from EGTU

Jwinnicker will be flying from EGDI

Optional LIveries

Douglas DC-3/C47 "Chalk 40"

Douglas C-47 repaint of "That's All Brother" Classic/Retrofit

D Day 1944 - Historic Flights - That's all... Brother ~ C-47

Douglas C-47 repaint of "Kilroy is Here" Classic/Retrofit

C47

Criteria

Your flight distance must be further than 100 NM. The total flight time must be longer than 1 hour.

You must use one of the following aircraft:
  • Douglas DC-3 (DC3)

Before attempting to fly this achievement (with one of the above aircraft) you must ensure that your aircraft is properly designated in FsHub or you may risk not completing the achievement.

This achievement is currently disabled!

You will be awarded XP 494 for completing this achievement.

Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
27AUG24 1540Z PAAT PADK Timalshiwa Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -167 ft/m 386 nm 02:25 View
21AUG24 0231Z WART WADA Krupke77 Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -259 ft/m 191 nm 01:06 View
03AUG24 2004Z KSMO KSDL Alpha_One Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -361 ft/m 352 nm 02:02 View
29JUL24 2315Z EGNM EGSS Stirling M0ss Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -134 ft/m 212 nm 02:00 View
28JUL24 0025Z EGTE EGTE ISidiou5 Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -35 ft/m 420 nm 03:30 View
30JUN24 0923Z OMDB OOAU Calling Sky Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -146 ft/m 159 nm 01:13 View
14JUN24 0041Z SKLC SKMD Zaarrd Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -15 ft/m 162 nm 01:35 View
09JUN24 1702Z EGTE EGTE Oellph Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -230 ft/m 409 nm 02:29 View
09JUN24 1501Z EGTE EGJJ Grafton11 Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -111 ft/m 352 nm 02:26 View
08JUN24 2233Z EGTE EGTE Simon Murray Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -189 ft/m 424 nm 02:50 View
08JUN24 2230Z EGTE EGTE Ryan Newby Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -183 ft/m 410 nm 02:44 View
08JUN24 2228Z EGTE EGTE Martell Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -270 ft/m 399 nm 02:40 View
08JUN24 2227Z EGTE EGTE Dougal McTavish Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -449 ft/m 413 nm 02:43 View
08JUN24 2225Z EGTE EGTE JustTom Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -597 ft/m 421 nm 02:42 View
08JUN24 2222Z EGTE EGTE Mark Burton Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -206 ft/m 399 nm 02:37 View
08JUN24 2218Z EGTE EGTE Toto249 Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -94 ft/m 391 nm 02:33 View
08JUN24 2214Z EGTE EGTE Amon1973 Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -175 ft/m 385 nm 02:28 View
30APR24 2159Z NZRO NZGS M Scott Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -202 ft/m 114 nm 01:01 View
06MAR24 2252Z FACT FACV nwAaron Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -455 ft/m 170 nm 01:02 View
26FEB24 0300Z HAGN HAAX King_Cobra74 Douglas DC-3 (DC3) -296 ft/m 163 nm 01:08 View