D-Day Lancaster - Hoodie WW2-American Wideawake Airfield

Wideawake Airfield

The Royal Air Force and French Navy took on the type in the late 1950s

This profile is of XL317 which served with the Dambusters 617 Squadron

D-Day Typhoon IB from 247 Squadron

During the campaign the Hercules performed over 50 airdrops and more than 600 airbridge sorties

D-Day Lancaster - Hoodie WW2-American Wideawake AirfieldAvro Lancaster The Allied Expeditionary Air Force was formed to control the tactical air power of the Allied Air Forces during Operation Overlord. It was also a component of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. On June 6th 1944 over 12,000 allied aircraft flew 14,674 sorties.