DDay80 Heroes Remembered

The Norwegian Grasshopper Formation is departing 2nd. June 2024 to join the https://dday-80.co.uk/l-birds/ DDay80 Heroes Remembered commemorations in Cherbourg, Normandie! We thank our sponsors for their generous contribution so we can keep history alive in a time where learning from our past is more important than ever before.

Final preparations are well on track and if the looooong term weather forecast holds, it looks fairly good. Follow us on this blog and we promise to try and give daily updates as we make our way to Normandie. 



Preliminary flight plan is based on the successful Normandy visit in 2019 (then to LFFD Saint Andre De L'eure). This time, the final destination brings us right up close to the invasion area: Cherbourg (LFRC). Some fun-facts: 903 NM / 1672 km ONE way... max endurance 2 hours, planning with max 1:30 legs all the way. All three aircraft are 1944 Piper L-4J Grasshoppers with active duty in the ETO. Callsigns are LN-RAP, LN-SAI and LN-MAV.

Follow our journey as we make our way, low and slow, towards Normandy and historical grounds where the tide turned 80 years ago to defeat the Nazis.





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