Last display in the UK at the Cotswold Airshow 2011 before this veteran of D-Day, Operation Market Garden, Battle of the Bulge and Operation Varsity heads to a museum in the USA.
Landing on runway 19 after a long flight from Vick in Scotland, mainly between 500 and 3000 feet. The first overwater leg on the long journey from Kemble to Oskosh, where it will be temporarily hangared until next spring.
Stopped in Reykjavik on its way to Europe from the USA. Later sold to Kermit Weeks and flown back to the USA. Note individual tailcode is Z rather than the later B.
Taken when the C-47 stopped over at Reykjavik during the ferry flight to the USA after Kermit Weeks bought it for the Fantasy of Flight Museum in Florida. On this morning there was a heavy rainshower that soaked the apron, and made this image possible