WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY (PICS)
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Gosport and Portsmouth played pivotal roles in the D Day landings (many of the Mulberry harbours were built on the beaches here). The 80th anniversary of the D Day celebrations have begun…couple of US bombers (I think)….
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@Giles I'm thinking it's probably this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_B-26_Marauder
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The nose doesn't quite look right though and maybe its the C47: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain
The C47 would make more sense as it would be carrying personnel for the landing. "More than 50,000 paratroops were dropped by C-47s during the first few days of the D-Day campaign" - Wikipedia
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Just found this:
An unsung hero of the war, the Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber earned a reputation as one of the toughest planes in the fleet. On D-Day the B-26 was used successfully more as an attack plane than a bomber, coming in low and aiming for the gun emplacements on the beach.
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