Special event

Operation Overlord

Official achievement authored by JimG008.

June 6, 1944 - D-Day, Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.

The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy Landings (D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than two million Allied troops were in France by the end of August.

The decision to undertake a cross-channel invasion in 1944 was taken at the Trident Conference in Washington in May 1943. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed commander of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, and General Bernard Montgomery was named as commander of the 21st Army Group, which comprised all the land forces involved in the invasion.

The coast of Normandy of northwestern France was chosen as the site of the invasion, with the Americans assigned to land at sectors codenamed Utah and Omaha, the British at Sword and Gold, and the Canadians at Juno.

To meet the conditions expected on the Normandy beachhead, special technology was developed, including two artificial ports called Mulberry harbours and an array of specialised tanks nicknamed Hobart's Funnies.

In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted Operation Bodyguard, a substantial military deception that used electronic and visual misinformation to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings. Führer Adolf Hitler placed German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in charge of developing fortifications all along Hitler's proclaimed Atlantic Wall in anticipation of an invasion.

Criteria

Depart from an airport of your choice, fly to and land at LFRK, your flight distance must be further than 120 NM.
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Date Departure Arrival Pilot Aircraft Landing rate Distance Flight time
13JUN22 2109Z EGKK LFRK Jacob Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -133 ft/m 175 nm 00:39 View
13JUN22 1535Z EGCC LFRK Badger McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (MD82) -372 ft/m 289 nm 00:54 View
13JUN22 0922Z EG29 LFRK Sloniu1978 Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -86 ft/m 563 nm 01:00 View
13JUN22 0703Z LFPK LFRK Lukas Chylek Socata TBM-850 (TBM8) -67 ft/m 139 nm 00:38 View
13JUN22 0353Z EGLC LFRK Hurrikane Alpha Cessna 310 (C310) -120 ft/m 163 nm 00:55 View
13JUN22 0152Z EGKK LFRK Woodstock327 Boeing 737-700 (B737) -227 ft/m 174 nm 00:27 View
13JUN22 0103Z LFRJ LFRK Javier M. Boeing 737-800 (B738) -327 ft/m 198 nm 00:35 View
13JUN22 0038Z EGDW LFRK Wokninja Quest Kodiak (KODI) -161 ft/m 210 nm 01:15 View
12JUN22 1340Z EGLC LFRK TrailMix British Aerospace BAe-146-100 (B461) -499 ft/m 243 nm 00:54 View
12JUN22 0438Z LFPG LFRK Nexus 03 Airbus A320 neo (A20N) -491 ft/m 129 nm 00:27 View
11JUN22 1713Z LFPK LFRK Maurice (wackomoe) Hachey Mooney M-20 (M20P) -471 ft/m 138 nm 00:56 View
11JUN22 0734Z LFKJ LFRK Phil Airbus A320 (A320) -82 ft/m 608 nm 01:27 View
10JUN22 2221Z EGTU LFRK Martell Rutan Long-EZ (LGEZ) -118 ft/m 165 nm 01:26 View
10JUN22 1542Z EBBR LFRK Patrick Ringal Beechcraft Super King Air 350 (B350) -82 ft/m 232 nm 01:05 View
10JUN22 1354Z EGVN LFRK Captain Bananas Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -148 ft/m 179 nm 00:37 View
09JUN22 2148Z LPMA LFRK Alpha_One Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) -148 ft/m 1270 nm 02:43 View
09JUN22 1118Z EGKK LFRK Dervish Piper Seneca (PA34) -99 ft/m 133 nm 00:50 View
09JUN22 0032Z EDDF LFRK Colomo Boeing 737-800 (B738) -154 ft/m 385 nm 00:28 View
09JUN22 0000Z EGHI LFRK Bobby Allen Beechcraft G36 Bonanza (BE36) -28 ft/m 219 nm 01:22 View
08JUN22 1344Z EBBR LFRK 6 Knots (Ciaran) Socata TBM-9X0 (TBM9) -141 ft/m 230 nm 00:56 View