The Storming of Sword 101st airborne emblem re-enactment

The Storming of Sword 101st airborne emblem re-enactmentMarking the eastern flank of the Normandy landings was Sword Beach. Lying just to the west of the small town and port of Ouisterham, it was separated by almost fifty miles of well defended coastline from the American Utah Beach to the west. Between the two, three other beaches the Canadian Juno, British Gold and the American bloody Omaha formed the backdrop to the largest amphibious invasion the world had ever seen.

somehow managing to disable the German guns trained directly onto the landing beaches below

Airborne Division made of 100% cotton

D-Day Doll was built at Douglas’s Santa Monica factory as part of a batch of 159 C-53s for the US Army Air Force

Large battery space

During the darkest days of WWII

Only available in Bastogne and at our online shop

Framed to full conservation standards to include a museum-quality reproduction 6th Airborne Pegasus patch

led the counter-offensive at the Battle of the Bulge

The brief respite is interrupted by the roar of tanks

6 June 1944

The 101st and 82nd soon secured their objectives and linked up with XXX Corps

351 Mk V aircraft built in all variants