HISTORIC PLANE FROM D-DAY TO VISIT AIR FORCE MUSEUM
That’s All, Brother to visit Air Force Museum, other regional stops.
A historic airplane that flew in the D-Day invasion of Normandy will land at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and other regional stops next week for a three-day visit.
That’s All, Brother, a C-47 piloted by Lt. Col. John Donalson, is scheduled to visit April 20-22, the Air Force Museum said.
The plane will also fly to Hogan Field, the Butler County Regional Airport in Hamilton, from April 16 to 18, and to Grimes Field in
Urbana on April 19. A trip to Xenia is also slated for April 23 to 25.
The plane was a lead aircraft for the airborne Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944 in World War II. The plane led some 800 C-47s that dropped more than 13,000 paratroopers into northeastern France.
After D-Day and other missions, the airplane returned to the United States and was sold on the civilian market in 1945, the museum said in a release this week. Before it was sold, the plane also flew in World War II operations Dragoon, Market Garden, Repulse and Varsity, according to a website devoted to the plane’s history, https://thatsallbrother.org/.
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the second home also on Marlin Avenue.
“Following a natural disaster, Mennonite Disaster Service’s aim is to assist the most vulnerable community members, individuals and families who would not otherwise have the means to recover. MDS volunteers provide the skills and labor needed to respond, rebuild and restore in the wake of a disaster. The Pathways Project fits this vision perfectly,” said Lawrence Matthews, chairman Mennonite Disaster Service Western Ohio.
Data from Miami Valley Long Term Recovery Operations Group showed about 67% or 746 properties of the impacted area in Trotwood were single family homes, with 22 being destroyed and 148 sustaining major damage. At least 374 single family homes were affected in some way.
Montgomery County gave $1 million of Community Development Block Grant recovery funds toward the project.
“These homes will do so much more than provide shelter for the tornado survivors. They will give them security, stability and the chance to build equity,” said Montgomery County Commissioner Judy Dodge.
While the homes are built, tornado survivors that have never owned a home are prepped for the home buying process with the help of the Home Ownership Center of Greater Dayton. The homes aren’t being built for a specific family, but those that applied for the Pathway Project will have first pick on the affordable homes.
“The Pathways Project is both an affordable housing and a neighborhood stabilization project. The houses we build will be sold at market rate, and then we will use down payment assistance to ensure their affordability for the buyers, that way we keep the neighborhood stable and we can make it affordable for them,” said
Mercer.
The project is also a way for families to save money by buying rather renting, which is often more expensive.
Requirements for the Pathways Project include verification of being impacted by the tornado, must be a nonho- meowner, and must be able to become mortgage ready.
Those interested in donating time or contracting services or applying for the Pathways Project should contact Laura Mercer via email at laura.mercer@sinclair.edu or apply at HomeownershipDayton.org.