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The Yorkshire Air Museum (YAM) has announced the launch of “Elvington 44/45 – The Fight for Liberty”, a site-wide exhibition that spans one of the most momentous 12 months in modern history. Over the last two years the YAM had had exhibitions on the Falklands Air War (2022) and the Cold War (2023). These lasted across the summer but this time the museum is continuing into the next, up to the anniversary of VE Day.
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Douglas C-47 Skytrains, known as Dakotas in RAF service, are an icon of D-Day through their role of dropping British and American paratroopers behind the beach landings. Similar to the Halifax display, “The Dakota and D-Day” tells the story of the role of the workhorse of D-Day. The YAM’s “Dak” has been repainted with D-Day invasion stripes to mark the anniversary and will be outside our hangar for the summer in her new trim.
“Gliders and Airborne Forces” will showcase the part played by airborne troops, based around the museum’s reconstructed WACO glider, archive newsreel footage playing and exhibits including an original British Army glider pilot jacket.
For more information on “Elvington 44/45 – The Fight for Liberty” and the new displays visit the Yorkshire Air Museum’s website.
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