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"Ready 4 Duty” arrives at Maxwell AFB to kick off WWII Allied victory 80th Anniversary tour

The Commemorative Air Force “Ready 4 Duty” Douglas R4D-6S, a historic U.S. Navy variant of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, lands at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, on April 17, 2025. The 80-year-old aircraft arrived this week to collect gravestone rubbings of the 78 Royal Air Force Airmen buried at the Oakwood Cemetery Annex in Montgomery, Alabama, and will continue its 12-week, 12,000-mile journey to Europe to present them during events marking the end of the Second World War. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tanner Doerr)

PHOTO BY: Senior Airman Tanner Doerr
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