Another Warbird Coming To Evansville

Evansville IN

03 August, 2021

3:13 PM

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By Steve Burger, WNIN Aug. 3, 2021 An important piece of World War Two history will be in Evansville this weekend. On June 6, 1944, the C-47 Skytrain nicknamed "That's All Brother" led the main airborne invasion on D-Day. The plane was the first to cross into Europe, leading over 800 C-47's that dropped over 13,000 paratroopers behind the D-Day invasion beaches. The plane will be at the Evansville Wartime Museum at Regional Airport from Friday afternoon through Sunday. There is an admission fee for the museum and a separate fee to tour the airplane. A limited number of seats are available for flights on the historic aircraft throughout the weekend. You can check the Evansville Wartime Museum's website for more information. Having served at an air base that trained bomber pilots and mechanics, Mildred Bruner finally got to fly on one. An important piece of aviation history is on display at the Evansville Wartime Museum through the weekend. A crew filming for a Discovery Channel program was in Evansville over the weekend at the LST 325 and the Evansville Wartime Museum. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.