The C-47 "Placid Lassie," a D-Day veteran entering the drop zone. On this day, she wasn't dropping paratroopers or gliders, but flour bombs, during the Culpeper Air Fest Flour Bombing Derby.

2017 Culpeper AirFest, Culpeper Regional Airport


Tunison Foundation
U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF)
Douglas C-47A Skytrain
N74589 / 224064 "Placid Lassie"
74th Troop Carrier Squadron (74 TCS), 434th Troop Carrier Group (434 TCG), 9th Air Force, Aldermaston, England
PIC, Eric Zipkin

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