Every Reason to Fail
The Unlikely Story of Miss Montana and the D-Day Squadron
Hardback
Retail Price: $39.95
Hardback
Retail Price: $39.95
They said it couldn’t be done.
They were almost right.
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The mission seemed simple enough. Completely restore a 75-year-old historic DC-3 and fly her from Montana to France for the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Starting with no volunteers and no money. In under a year. With a crew that had only a few hours of experience flying one. Ride along with author and pilot Bryan Douglass, the rest of the flight crew, the volunteers, paratroopers, World War II veterans, and others on this inspirational story of an impossible dream that almost didn’t come true. The underdog of the D-Day Squadron faced insurmountable odds, constant delays and a shortage of nearly everything except determination. The idea of crossing the north Atlantic in a 75-year-old, newly restored airplane only a few hours after her first flight would terrify most, but you’ll meet the people who believed it could be done. The transatlantic journey of the D-Day Squadron’s “Mighty Fifteen” was an incredible feat, but the story of Miss Montana is the best of them all. Laugh, cry, and be amazed as you get the entire inside story from a pilot who was there.
“The transatlantic journeys of the ‘mighty fifteen’ American C-47s and DC-3s of the D-Day Squadron alone ranks as one of the greatest feats in historic aviation to date, let alone their upcoming return to Normandy alongside the European contingent.” Vintage Aviation Echo June 2, 2019
“While I was working to get the D-Day Squadron across the Atlantic, an army of volunteers in Montana—with almost no DC-3 experience—was working to get one off the ground. But if anyone could pull it off, they could.” Eric Zipkin, Founder of the D-Day Squadron
Hardback
Format: 6 x 9 Black & White Dust-Jacketed Hardback, 340 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (May 31, 2020)
ISBN10: 1977228631
ISBN13: 9781977228635
Genre: HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space