The Plane That Led the D-Day Invasion On June 6, 1944, a lone C-47 led the Normandy invasion. Seventy-five years later, the plane will do it again. On the night before the D-Day landings on June 6th, 1944, an aerial armada set out from England for Normandy. \These were transports, Douglas C-47 Skytrains (or Dakotas) … Continue reading … The Return of ‘That’s All, Brother’: →