The Lead Airplane from D-Day, That's All Brother and Doug Rozendaal - InTheHangar Ep 134
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- čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
- Doug Rozendaal tells the story of a derelict C-47 that happened to be the plane that led the Normandy D-Day drops, and DOug was the one who had last flown it. The story of how the Commemorative Air Force bought "That's All Brother" and restored her in time for the 75th Anniversary of DDay, so she could fly over the beaches one more time.
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Thank you guys what an amazing story I really appreciate it. My Uncle was one of those paratroopers. God Bless America.
Doug is a treasure himself! His instruction videos on Martin's channel are outstanding!! Maybe post a link, something everyone should see!?! JMHO --gary
Great story, thank you for sharing and THANK YOU to all those who work to preserve the history and the memory of that brave generation that gave all so that we can be free today.
Flying in a DC-3 is a dream in the bucket list .... some day maybe.
I love this story my grandfather was in the Army aircore during WW2 my uncle was in the Army during WW2 the history is very special to me. I hated history until I went in the Army in 1976 and my whole attitude changed.
God bless everyone.
One of my favorite episodes. What a great story teller.
My Dad was the PIC on a B-17 in 37 missions over Germany. He was 25 at the time, so he would have been considered the "old man"
How in the World this slipped by After everything I wanted to learn about this Historic Event I believe it had to be Screw-tube. Doug is a Treasure himself,You can't help be feel his passion in accomplishing this Misson It was HISTORICALLY STELLAR!! Thank you Christy & Dan thank you very much for this show .
I live close by the presque isle, maine airport and got to see this squadron take off and land here and even got to tour the inside of their aircraft. Definitely an interesting piece of history!
As a former paratrooper (US Army, 5th Special Forces Group, 1968-70), I have the utmost respect for what the troops and the aircraft crews went through those many years ago. While in VN, I never had to make a combat jump (very few were done during the VN War), but we were ready if it had been required.
I'm not a native English speaker and I thought to myself for about 30 seconds, "why would anyone make a plane out of lead?" The gray/lead coloured plane on the thumbnail didn't help either, lol. Amazing video as always!
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That’s fantastic! Absolutely hilarious 😁
I had the honor and privilege of installing the original radio equipment and some of the interior of ‘That’s All… Brother’ as part of the World War II Airborne Demonstration Team. I was then able to see the planes at Duxford in England and watched to drop at the DZ in Sannerville, Normandy, France on June 5, 2019. It was an amazing journey I will never forget. I’m blessed to have had a small part in the project!
Happy Birthday, Dan!
Thanks Gary!
Had no idea such an historic aircraft was in my backyard. Awesome episode! Bet you could fill a season with Doug’s stories
Excellent interview you two! Thank you.
What an incredible interview. This guy is the real mccoy.
I’m flabbergasted at the fees he is talking about in Europe. How does anyone learn to fly if everything is THAT expensive?!
They are proposing such fees in the Northeast as I type this.
@@MicahMesser For what reason?
@@VictoryAviation good question. Probably something like carbon emissions or something.
Excellent episode, and great job Dan and Christy. Absolutely loved this episode. I have soft spot in my heart for WWII history. Thank you so much for this episode as well as all you two and the crew do. 🤘🇺🇸🛩️
Great show! Thank you! I kept up with the D-Day celebration event, so it's cool to hear the story from one of the pilots.
👍☑️ Taking Off like clockwork! Great way to end the week.
I saw her flying in San Marcos May 29th. Got to stick my head in her loading door. Was awesome.
Interesting Story, Thanks.
Great video. 19 minutes was not nearly long enough to listen to him.
Sound levels are a bit low on this video. Great job as usual. Love your videos.
Anyone one know the names of the Crew that flew "That's All Brother" on D-Day?
Would love to know that story. Thanks Dan and Christy! Thank you Doug for sharing such an critical part of our history... Major General John M. Donalson, a Lieutenant Colonel at the time of the mission was the pilot. I looked up the website for the plane: that’sallbrother.org and they have a picture of the crew.
That’s All Brother was at the Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock today June 6th in honor of Dday. I did take a photo of a placard outside the steps to enter the plane. According to that placard, it was assigned to the 87th Troop Carrier Squadron and was selected by Lt. Col John M Donalson, commander of the 438 TCG and he planned to pilot the lead aircraft. Donalson hand picked crew for the initial mission included Lt Col David E Daniel, pilot, 87th Squadron Commander; First Lt Barney Blankenship, co-pilot; 2nd Lt. John N. Shallcross, 2nd navigator; S. Sgt. Woodrow S Wilson, radio operator and wounded by flak during the mission. And a small black Scotty type dog name unknown, as the mascot. Dog flew behind the pilots seat. It is an amazing plane to see up close and personal. The CAF did an amazing job on the restoration and I love seeing in person these warbirds. On a personal note, my Dad was assigned to the 147th liaison squadron and landed in France D+3. It was a photo reconnaissance, officer transport outfit that was considered front line although in reality they were positioned a few, 7 to 10 miles behind the actual battles. Dad had brought home tons of memorabilia but of particular importance to me, even as a very young child, was all the photos that he had taken and developed throughout France, Belgium and Austria. Many of these photos were aerials of bombed out cities. Several were up close photos of high ranking Allied officers. The only one of those I still have is of Omar Bradley talking with another officer. That particular photo was from about 15 feet away. I asked Dad once who took that one. Dumb question. He did. I know there were a couple of Eisenhower at one point. My dad took them. Many many photos of crashed airplanes both Allied and Axis. On and on. My Dad was a very kind hearted man and he would lend this big box of photos to people who just “wanted to look through them”. It is now no more than 100 or so remaining but at least I have those. To the point of the video and not to sound trite or redundant but the men and women of that era were courageous beyond comprehension. Scared to death for sure but went forth with boldness that most of us today cannot understand. I am blessed to have grown up with uncles who were front line infantry in the pacific, losing one in Saipan, another one who was in Patton’s 3rd army and had 2 tanks shot out from under him. Many of my dads friends while I was growing up had served their time in some branch of the military during WW2. They are all gone now. I do not personally know of one person alive today who served during WW2. But what an amazing story they had and thanks to the CAF and others that story continues.
@@robertklump9993 Very Interesting read, our local VFW is named after my Uncle Gasper Salaz was KIA
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Doug is the DeFacto master.
Why does CAF keep spreading incorrect information? Doug Rozendaal knows full well that That's All Brother was not the lead aircraft on d-day.
The C-47 that led the invasion of Normandy was C-47 #42-93098. Chalk #1 in serial #1. Flown by Joel L. Crouch and his crew. She was a pathfinder aircraft, carrying men of the 101st A/B Division, and was over Normandy 30 minutes BEFORE "That's All Brother".
Saying that "That's All Brother" was the lead aircraft of D-Day invasion is Historically incorrect and the CAF know perfectly this. It's only marketing!
I am always careful to credit the pathfinders, and if I failed to mention that in this interview, I apologize. It may have ended up on the cutting room floor. But we have plenty of documentation that John Donaldson lead the "main invasion" in this airplane. What I will not apologize for is exploiting whatever we can to raise the awareness of the courage and bravery of those who sacrificed so that we can live free.