AJAXNETPHOTO. 3RD JUNE, 2014. LEE-ON-SOLENT, ENGLAND. - TRIBUTE PLANES AIRBORNE - 8 DOUGLAS SKYTRAIN C-47A AND DAKOTA DC3 VARIANTS FLEW OUT FROM THE OLD RNAS HMS DAEDALUS AIRFIELD HEADED FOR FRANCE AND THE NORMANDY 1944 D-DAY LANDING BEACHES TODAY IN ONE OF THE LARGEST ANNIVERSARY AERIAL TRIBUTE EVENTS. FOUR OF THE EIGHT AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLED FROM AROUND THE WORLD PLANNED TO DROP UP TO 100 PARACHUTISTS NEAR THE TOWN OF CARENTAN. 
PHOTO:TONY HOLLAND/AJAX. 
REF DTH140406_9411

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Location: Lee-on-the-Solent, UK
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