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.
The crew of the ‘Miss Montana’, the C-47 smokejumper aircraft landed safely in Great Britain on Tuesday as they prepare for the 75th anniversary flight over the English Channel to commemorate the D-Day invasion in World War II.
Missoula's own Miss Montana, Victoria Valentine contacted KGVO News on her way back from Boise, Idaho on Tuesday, after auditioning for 'America's Got Talent'.
Miss Montana made history this past weekend. She didn’t make history for winning the Miss America Pageant, but for a much more important reason. Alexis Wineman, Miss Montana, made history because she was the first Miss America contestant with autism to compete in the pageant.