SPOTM June 2024, civil registered aircraft wearing D-Day invasion stripes

[andygolfer]

This is the SPOTM (Special Photo Of The Month) competition for June 2024, as June 6th 2024 was the 80th anniversary of D-Day so the subject is any civilian registered warbird with invasion stripes

The subject of your entry should be a photo of one or more civil registered aircraft painted with D-Day invasion stripes as worn by all allied aircraft during the invasion of Normandy

Photography Competition Rules :-

1. Only one entry per user, unless posting on behalf of another person who is unable to do so themselves (children for example). If this is the case, please state so on your entry..

2. The photo may have been taken on any date, it does not have to be taken in the month of the competition

3. The image can be photo-shopped to some extent, levels changes, cropping, sharpening etc. are all acceptable. The photograph must retain it’s initial subject though, don’t make it something it’s not. HDR images are not acceptable. If you are unsure, please PM a moderator.

4. The competition will remain open until 23.59 (UK time) on the 7th June 2024 - please note the extended closing date to enable anyone with a last minute photo plenty of time to prepare their entry.

5. Voting will be conducted by a poll open to all the membership shortly after the closure of the competition.

6. 'Rule 6...' There's no rule 6 Bruce'

7. The decision of the moderating team is final.

8. All images must be posted in line with the usual CA posting rules (size etc.), please read them if you're not sure how to post.

9. The rules may be subject to change, and these will be posted on this thread.

10. Please also embed the images and not links to images, if you're not sure how to do it then shout up and someone will sort it out. It is permissible to change your entry before the closing date.

11. Do not comment on other member's photos.

12. A brief description of where and when the image was taken would be nice too.

If you have any questions please PM me
Andy

[andygolfer]

Here's my competition starter, taken at Old warden on 26th May this year during the D-Day Daks 80th anniversary tour, a black and white photo of C-47 N47TB 'That's all brother' departing back to North Weald...
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N47TB (292847 '3X') C.47 That's All Brother Old Warden 26-05-2024 7449m by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Andy

[acw367]

Three Douglas C-47A Skytrain N147DC N47TB and N74589 Daks over Duxford 3 June 2019

N147DC 42-100884 N47TB 42-92847 N74589 42-24064 Daks over Duxford 3 June 2019 by ACW367, on Flickr

Enjoy ACW367

[1marshn30]

G-ISAC @Turweston

[waghorn41]

Hope this counts! G-AIEK painted as RG333 as used by Montgomery. Greenham Common 1977 (or was it 78?) Tiger Meet.
06 GAIEK Miles Gemini at Greenham Common by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

[Professor_M]

Douglas C-47A “That’s All... Brother” (N47TB) at Duxford, 29th May 2024...
Douglas C-47A “That’s All, Brother” (N47TB) by Professor M, on Flickr

[Paultojo]

Daks over Duxford by Paul Harvey, on Flickr

From the Daks over Duxford event

[PorkScratching]

P-51D G-BTCD at Flying Legends, Duxford, 10 July 2011:

P-51D Mustang "Ferocious Frankie" by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

[noryport]

Shot in June 2021 at Old Buckenham. Piper Cub L4H Grasshopper (G-BFBY), with markings of S-44 of the 30th Infantry Division...

G-BFBY-Piper Cub L-4H Grasshopper/ Old Buckenham by jetphoto2, on Flickr

[wiggy]

Loading up! From the Daks over Duxford event in June 2019.

N47TB & N47SJ by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Denis.

[LondonEye]

Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Think this was about 1992.
Pete.


P-38 Lightning USAAF 67543 NX3145X Lakenheath

[Nighthawke]

Cub F-BCPY taken at Angers Museum, France 15/08/2015:

F-BCPY_3

[andygolfer]

entries are now closed and we have 11 excellent entries to choose from, thank you to everybody who entered.
Voting is now open here: viewtopic.php?f=110&t=50593

Andy