D-Day Squadron | 2024 Legacy Tour
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Join the D-Day Squadron on its journey from the United States to Great Britain, the Normandy Beaches, Berlin, Germany, and beyond.
Backers: 93
Average Pledge Per Backer: $192
Funded: $17,820 of $7,500
Dates: May 20th -> Jun 19th (30 days)
Project By: Five Oaks Creative
Backers: 93
Average Pledge Per Backer: $192
Funded: $17,820 of $7,500
Dates: May 20th -> Jun 19th (30 days)
Project By: Five Oaks Creative
$17,820
current pledge level
Last Updated: June 19 @ 09:11 -0400 GMT
237%
of goal
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The Merville Gun Battery 
June 18th - via: kickstarter.com
The 2024 Legacy Tour aims to honor those who served in WWII, yet it’s always difficult to single out one person/platoon/company in order to say thank you for what they did. Every last one involved deserves every bit of recognition as the next... (Read More)
Fly Back in Time
June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! We did it! We met our SECOND stretch goal of $12,500 soon after announcing it! Because we met this goal, we’ll throw in a digital download of A Fortress with No Roof for everyone – the photo journal chronicling the D-Day Squadron and... (Read More)
Tom Rice: "I don't want anyone to forget them"
June 15th - via: kickstarter.com
NBC News report, June 5, 2019: Tom Rice soared through the same airfields he flew in during D-Day, jumping from a C-47 plane, in the drop zone where he jumped 75 years earlier. Now 97, flying tandem, Rice jumped Wednesday, landing in the French town... (Read More)
We Got Our Lines Crossed!
June 14th - via: kickstarter.com
In all of the excitement of reaching our goal and beyond, we got our lines crossed! Today, Flying Magazine published a great article here stating we’d give everyone a challenge coin if we met $10,000 - as we told them in the interview. In the... (Read More)
Stretch GOAL | $12,500 - YES Truly!
June 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Have we said thank you lately? Without backers like you, our Kickstarter campaign would never have reached the halfway mark, let alone been fully funded to get the 2024 Legacy Tour off the ground in 2024. We met our campaign goal - QUITE FITTINGLY -... (Read More)
Oh Captain, my Captain!
June 11th - via: kickstarter.com
One fun thing about every Kickstarter campaign is to see which perk is the most popular level with our backers. For this campaign, we've been both surprised and pleased that the CAPTAIN LEVEL has been the most popular so far! One of the main perks of... (Read More)
Did Any Women Jump on D-Day?
June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Women were parachuting into France nearly two years before D-Day. Britain’s clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) employed more than 13,000 people, about 3,200 of whom were women. Few people were aware of SOE's existence, the purpose of... (Read More)
D-Day: 2024 Legacy Tour Art and Logo Reveal!
June 6th - via: kickstarter.com
As we pause on this 79th anniversary of D-Day, we remember the many who lost their lives on that day in 1944, as well as the many lives lost throughout WWII, and those they left behind. As we honor the legacy of these heroic veterans, we want to... (Read More)
“Jumping into History” by Gary Daniels
June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Recap of the June 5, 2019 Cross Channel Commemoration Flight By Gary Daniels The Herculean effort to get the World War II Airborne Demonstration Team (ADT) ‘across the pond’ came to fruition on Saturday morning, June 2, 2019. Fifty team members... (Read More)
Historical Accuracy
June 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Four years ago, D-Day Squadron led a team of 15 aircraft across the Atlantic to participate in an epic recreation of a historical event that changed the course of World War II. The occasion was the 75th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy.... (Read More)
Hitting the Halfway Mark!
June 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Over Memorial Day weekend, our campaign fittingly reached a milestone of half of our $7,500 goal! Now at the halfway point of the 30-day campaign, we are looking ahead to another significant date on the calendar: June 6th, commonly known as D-Day.... (Read More)
The D-Day Pilot and Flight Nurse
June 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
WWII brought together a legion of young men and women from all parts of America, most of whom had never ventured beyond their immediate town or farm. They put on new uniforms, trained as airmen, soldiers, sailors, and marines, and then were sent into... (Read More)
A Fortress With No Roof
June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
“Hitler made only one big mistake when he built his Atlantic Wall,” the paratroopers liked to say. “He forgot to put a roof on it.” On June 6, 1944, Allied forces came together to fight in Normandy, France to defeat the Axis powers and... (Read More)
Remembering Those Who Served
May 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Like many of you, those of us representing D-Day Squadron and Five Oaks have family, friends, and loved ones, who have served over the years. Today, on this Memorial Day 2023, we honor the many who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. D-Day... (Read More)
Almost Halfway There!
May 26th - via: kickstarter.com
The Legacy Tour 2024 Kickstarter campaign is officially at ‘Boots on the Ground’ status! Less than a week after we launched, we are nearly halfway to our goal! However, we still have a long way to go – the planes do too! Starting from the... (Read More)
A Quarter of the Way Towards Victory!
May 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
What a kickoff to the D-Day Squadron 2024 Legacy Tour Kickstarter! We launched just over 48 hours ago, and we're already a quarter of the way towards our funding goal of $7,500. One of our main campaign goals with the D-Day Squadron 2024 Legacy Tour... (Read More)
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