DC-3 Dedication Flyby 70th Anniversary of D-Day Ottawa

On Land, By Sea, In the Air Allied aircraft paved the way for the landings, bombing Hitler’s Atlantic Wall of defences in the months leading up to the attack. On June 6, 1944—D-Day—a massive Allied liberation force crossed the English Channel to engage in Operation Overlord. Their destination: an 80-kilometre stretch of the heavily-defended coast of Normandy, France. There were five beach landing zones with code names: Juno (Canada); Gold (United Kingdom); Sword (UK and France); and, Utah and Omaha (Unite