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WWII Paratroopers sitting across from themselves in the same plane that dropped them into Normandy in 1944.
Oct 18, 2017 4:18 PM
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M4nFle5h
Glad half of them made it.
Vesorias
That's . . . not the same plane. The walls are curved differently on each side, and it's a lot longer on the left.
Kakakarrakeek
Kinda like an awesome way to trigger PTSD
MaharynArts
Is this from one of the Operation Pegasus planes? It reminds me of a picture I saw at the museum at the bridge they held...
nothingtowritehomeabout
Instant goosebumps
TheBigD96
Every time I see this picture I think the guy on the right had a huge gut
SovietPlays
And the drop master standing in the back, this is some good shit
Devils29
Every time i see this title it pisses me off. These are ww2 troopers with a picture of troopers 70+ years later. Not the same people
Cr1spyEvergr33n
Glider, probably not an actual plane
Gantzz321
they all came back! so guessing the pilot dropped them in the wrong spot, like northern England
Vertisce
So...only one side of the plane survived?
tls72
F1nnswim
More of them on the left ? Or is that just me
DillanRivet
look at the fucking gut on the first guy
TheGreyKnightsBANNED
someone give those fucking badasses a successor chapter.
MoreAshyThanLarry
They look happier when they were young.
artman55555
that's badass
thezdude2001
On the sixth of june
IamJustinSane
My grandfather died on the beaches of Normandy, buried in France. Always found it weird they didn’t return the bodies.
Devils29
Normandy cemetery is US territory. They all made it home one way or another. Also, he's with his brothers for eternity now
ChunkyMonkie
How beautiful is it to lay in peace on the ground you liberated.
CourtesyClerk
I bet you that this same plane is still used by the military
BoyInBoxers
What we dont see are the huge balls.
5thAveSmugglerForHire
Surprised a C-47 could take off with so many big brass ones in the back. War is always Hell, and these guys jumped into it.
mattchew55b
I can't believe those men are jumping to probable death, and they're smiling. Truly heroic.
Cosmicpakete
My grandpa was a volunteer in Stalingrado fighting with nazis in the spanish blue division. I am not still sure if he enjoyed war or not
Amperzand
Nobody enjoyed Stalingrad.
Devils29
If he was in Stalingrad I garuntee he did not enjoy war
Cosmicpakete
Well, he always was speaking about his adventures there. His favourite answer about Stalingrado: well, it was cold!!
Doctorstrangeandunusual
Im glad they all made it home.
Wellshiet
They went through hell were they killed and were killed...so we could become gender neutral pansexual mega-vegan furkins. Good god.
ScarletMegaGay
Is there even anything wrong with pansexuals? I mean honestly it's probably one of the more normal sexualities...
NoLuckCatchingThemSwansThen
The other side didn't
FBKatB3TAdotcom
Was about to post the very same thing
AdrianDunne
From the look of the photo the lift home was pretty late.
GiantFlyingDishwasher
They are not the same people
Devils29
Idk why you're getting downvoted. Apparently people don't know how to count
Nipplebuttsalad
Sauce?
Devils29
Count them... you really think an entire stick of troopers made it from DDAY to the end of the war unscathed and all lived 70+ years after..
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Devils29
Count the number of people in each photo...
Canadoug
So 8 of them jumped from the plane and 14 survived?
whitey211
Yeah I was kind of confused. I'm assuming the rest are the pilot, copilot etc.
PigMarshBetweenTwoSaltWaters
They didn't take the picture from the same spot. You can see that there are people out of frame. Add onto that the pilot, co-pilot 1/2
PigMarshBetweenTwoSaltWaters
And whomever took the photo, and you could easily reach 14.
CoderWithoutCaffeine
That plane was most likely full, and only they returned. Not a good idea to send a plane half full in war time.
LurkerOfDarkness
Yes, must be a regiment from Liechtenstein, somehow.
MartyMcNugget
I get this reference.gif
tiberiuswhythecrapcantweuseunderscoresxxvii
Fck, you beat me to it!
therealdrummer
My Great Grandpa was in the second wave that raided the beach, he only talked about it once to my grandpa.
lufbecky
I'd love to hear the stories from my grandad who was a navy officer in WWII but he wont talk about it either. The stories they die with...
OverpricedCrayon
Great grandpa? I feel old and I’m not old
Bugofbelgium
Yeesh, my great grandpa was born in 1880. Weird way to make me feel old. Mhmmmmm 1/2
Bugofbelgium
looked it up and he died 4 Dec 1944... Suspicious... 2/2
mulligylan
We found out that my great uncles killed a lot of Nazis after they died when my cousin was doing a report and read their accounts.
idiotn00b
After they died? Fucking brutal.
zzzb
Like a game of Salem where the vigilante shoots 'em dead after a serial killer stabbing and a mafia shooting.
IamInappropriate
No parachutes this time?
ThailandExpress
No 60-80 lbs packs? man these guys turned into a bunch of pussies! (facetiously he typed)
IamInappropriate
IhaveWAYtoomanyfetishes
I'm really glad there isn't an empty seat
DankiusKek
I’m really glad there’s a plane
HitlersHornyNippleRing
Yet
imooforyou
Always makes me think of the Saving Private Ryan scene. Hoping they had families and happy lives.
Cereaza
And they multiplied!
marsgoose
There is more of them in the new photo...
marsgoose
I'm guessing both sides of the plane
Cayde6sBeautifulBeautifulHorn
Dont forget the gunner stickin his hand out, could be the bloke standing wasnt able to get in there again
SnoBored
Wheres the other side of the plane
ImSquanchingInHere
WakandaYouDo
KymJongUrMum
That is the other side. They're ded.
orangeisthenewbasic
whos flying the plane??
BluePwr
Steve
ZeShadowBlade
Where's the caveman?
dyslexicuntied
Still in Normandy probably
AutomationLayer
xXWhiteSheepXx
I've heard their beaches are to die for
theshrektacularshrek
eetsumkaus
Except for Charlie. Dumbass found himself in Belgium for some weird reason and thought he'd take that opportunity to start life anew
ALegendaryHero
The wierd part was,he jumped out over Normandy.
Lowlsqwid
Wind is a bitch
ZanarkandAbes
Better question... What type of blood magic did they use to have the entire right side survive?!
DespiteTheConsantNegativePressConfefe
probably people from both sides sitting together
myr14d
Accidentally jumped early and ended up behind allied lines instead of enemy ones.
damspam
Sure, but what's the likelihood of everyone surviving the entire war?
BluePowerCult
Didn't they drop before the invasion though? How could there be allied lines?
PrincessDonaldTrumpBANNED2
Jumped early, landed in England. Went to the pub and waited for ww2 to blow over
TheFragnatic
They dropped in the ocean duh