D-Day markings

[Larry]

In relation to D-Day stripes, I understand from several vets that these were applied on 4th June and not the 5th June, as the 5th would have been D-Day had it not been postponed for a day due to bad weather. As far as I can tell operational units were given just 24 hours to complete the task and in the case of 575 Sqn RAF with which my father was serving for D-Day no one was excempt from this work - from the CO down to the lowest Erk. With about 20 Dakotas and as many Horsas to paint, what started out as neat lines ended up being all over the place. As my father remembers paint was being applied with 'brushes brooms and mops' just to get it done. So modellers beware- some of those invasion stripe decal sheets look to good.