The Miss Montana returned to her smokejumper roots over the last two days as she flew back to Mann Gulch to commemorate the 70th anniversary of that historic fire,
It was 70 years ago, August 5, 1949 that 13 firefighters perished in the Mann Gulch Fire north of Helena just off the Missouri River after parachuting into the area from the C-47 aircraft that is now the Miss Montana.
The Miss Montana C-47 aircraft that helped commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day landed safely in Missoula yesterday afternoon to a cheering crowd.
The Miss Montana, the World War II vintage C-47 smokejumper aircraft landed safely in Missoula on Monday afternoon to a cheering crowd after an historic mission to help reenact the D-Day paratrooper drop over Normandy.
Miss Montana pilot Bryan Douglass shared some memories of the experience from Thursday's 75th anniversary of D-Day on the way to the airport, preparing to fly to Germany.
The Miss Montana C-47 participating in the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion has been unofficially dubbed '[the darling of the squadron' by pilot Bryan Douglass.
Pilot Bryan Douglass of Missoula’s own ‘Miss Montana’ is letting it all sink in on this June 6, 2019, exactly 75 years after the mightiest armada of planes ships and soldiers in history crossed the English Channel to begin the liberation of Europe.
‘The invasion of France has begun’. Those were the words of Missoula pilot Bryan Douglass as he flew the ‘Miss Montana’ C-47 aircraft over the English Channel today.
‘Miss Montana’ pilot Bryan Douglass called the KGVO Montana Morning News on Monday morning just before taking off in a rehearsal for the upcoming D-Day 7th anniversary ceremonies in Normandy, France.
Not only will the Miss Montana C-47 aircraft be crossing the English Channel to take part in the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion next week, the aircraft and crew will also be the lead story on CBS Sunday Morning on June 2.