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Douglas C-47 Placid Lassie!
Memorial Jumps - America 250
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- Location: Warrenton-Fauquier Airport
1533 Iris Trail
Midland, Virginia 22728 - Introduction: Placid Lassie is the Tunison Foundation's 1943 Douglas C-47 Skytrain. Unlike many warbirds operating today, she is a real war hero. She is not an replica, or a deep restoration based upon parts from multiple separate airplanes.
Join us at the Warrenton-Fauquier Airport to see C-47 Placid Lassie
Placid Lassie will be based at HWY for the July 4 America 250 weekend and performing jumps at
Great Meadow in the Plains
The History of Placid Lassie
Placid Lassie is the Tunison Foundation's 1943 Douglas C-47 Skytrain. Unlike many warbirds operating today, she is a real war hero. She is not an replica, or a deep restoration based upon parts from multiple separate airplanes. These same rivets crossed the English Channel on June 6th, 1944 in service of our country.
Douglas Aircraft Co.
Placid Lassie was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, CA as a C-47 in July 1943 with S/N 42-24064. She cost $109,683 to build (just short of $2 million in 2023). She visited Fort Wayne, IN, Barstow, CA, and Mobile, AL before being assigned to the 74th Troop Carrier Squadron, 434th Troop Carrier Group, in August 1943.