My trip to Normady for 75th anniversary of the D-Day was amazing. Never expected it to be so intense and very emotional. I visited several places related to the great operation including Sword Beach and Utah Beah, Museum of D-Day, few small towns and villages in Normandy, where you can see and feel the spirit of June '44. France remembers... and I'll also remember these days...
Visiting Caen and seeing over 20 DC-3s was truly fabulous. Even the weather did not stop us
(however nightshoot event was cancelled 
)Some photos, hope you'll like them:
1. Royal Engineers Memorial in Arromanches-les-Bains
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Lessay Airfield
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Aéroport Cherbourg-Manche - Main US Air Force airfield used for paratroops drops during whole week.
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Then we went to UTAH Beach - visiting the site and D-Day Museum
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Now some shots from Caen - weather was really challenging, I wish I could see all the Daks in full sun...
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I'll keep those few days deep in my memory, it was very emotional. One moment touched me very hard: We were standing on the hill by Royal Engineers Memoral, suddenly just out of nowhere two Mustangs made a very low pass over the beach and they did a break just over us - one went south, other north. That was the moment, the place... I shed a tear...
Truly amazing to see all these small cities and villages, the monuments, crosses, memorabilia...
To sum up:
5 days
2 flights - Krakow-Brussels, Eindhoven-Krakow;
1800km by car;
10 aiports (Krakow, Brussels Charleroi, Brussels Zaventem,Paris CDG, Paris LeBourget, Caen Carpiquet, Lessay-LFOM, Cherbourg-LFRC, Paris Orly, Eindhoven);
Over 1300 pictures;
Stunning views;
Unforgettable memories...
More photos here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tchrul/al ... 5019281081
Comments welcome as always
Tom
