First of 5,112 Allied bombers take off for D-Day invasion 70 years ago this hour (June 6 1944)

1940s, World War II


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(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 4:00 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/10:00 p.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); two hours before the Normandy landings on the Western Front of World War II) — The first of the 5,112 Allied aircraft taking part in D-Day took off this morning from southern England.