_AS WORLD LEADERS GATHER in France this month to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, restoration specialists here at the National Air and Space Museum will be continuing their work to conserve one of the aircraft that took part in that momentous operation. The B-26 Marauder Flak-Bait, which completed more combat missions during World War Ⅱ than any other U.S. aircraft, flew three of its 206 sorties in support of the D-Day invasion. Since August 2014, from a glassed-in mezzanine at the Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Virginia, visitors have viewed restorers at work on this historic artifact. In this issue, youll read about their efforts to preserve the invasion stripes painted on Flak-Bait just before its D-Day missions. The stripes identified Allied airplanes to help gunners avoid confusing them with the enemy.
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