C-47 part 1

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C-47 434th Troop Carrier Group

"Mary Co ED II" of the 434th Troop Carrier Group

101st Airborne Division Paratroops

101st Airborne Division Paratroops

101st Airborne Division Paratroops

101st Airborne Division Paratroops in C-47 Bound for Normandy D-Day

101st Airborne Division prepare to board C-47

101st Airborne Division prepare to board C-47 42-24117 March 1944

101st Airborne Division walking for their waiting C-47

101st Airborne Division walking for their waiting C-47

101st Airborne Division walking for their waiting C-47

101st Airborne Division walking for their waiting C-47 440th TCG Exeter

101st Airborne Division walking for their waiting C-47 of the 440th TCG Exeter 2

101st Airborne Division walking for their waiting Skytrains

C-47 CG-4 Carry 101st Airborne Market-Garden 17sep44

101st Airborne, Market-Garden

1st Airborne Task Force Paratroopers in C-47

1st Airborne Task Force Paratroopers in C-47 Anvil-Dragoon Jump August 1944

509th Parachute Infantry Battalion

509th Parachute Infantry Battalion Jump from C-47 Near Naples

517th parachute infantry regiment during anvil-dragoon drop 44

517th PIR during Anvil-Aragoon drop 1944

64th TCG C47s Low Level Drop of 506th US Paratroops over England

64th TCG C-47 Low Level Drop of 506th PIR Paratroops over England

82nd Airborne Division Glider Troops

82nd Airborne Division Glider Troops and C-47 at Manston D-Day Afternoon

82nd Airborne Division C-47 Africa

82nd Airborne Division paratrooper at aircraft door preparing to training jump

C-47 A-83 42-1000657 42-1000654 42-1000656

A-83 - Denain/Prouvy Airfield 1944

Airborne Paratroopers in C-47 D-Day June 6 1944

Airborne Paratroopers D-Day June 6, 1944

C-47 CG-4 airfield outside Orleans March 24 1945

Airfield outside Orleans March 24, 1945

CG-4A 314th TCG C-47 mar45

Before crossings of the Rhine River near Wesel on 24 March 1945

British Paratroopers 61TCG

British Paratroopers 61TCG

C-47 3J market garden

C-47 '3J'

C-47 314th TCG

C-47 314th TCG

C-47 314th Troop Carrier Group

C-47 314th Troop Carrier Group

C-47 36th Air Depot Group Maison Blanche

C-47 36th Air Depot Group 12th AF Maison Blanche November 1943

C-47 42-100537

C-47 42-100537

C-47 42-100537

C-47 42-100537

C-47 42-100646 313rd TCG at Nordholz

C-47 42-100646 313rd TCG at Nordholz

C-47 takes off from Nordholz

C-47 42-100646 313rd TCG takes off from Nordholz

C-47 42-100898

C-47 42-100898

C-47 42-24022 CJ-A 434th TCG

C-47 42-24022 CJ-A 434th TCG, 71st TCS

C-47 42-68737 435th TCG

C-47 42-68737 435th TCG

101st Airborne Division Paratroops Load into C-47

C-47 42-92717 8Y-S of the 440th TCG D-Day Eve

C-47 42-92862 314TCG

C-47 42-92862 314TCG

C-47 42-93607

C-47 42-93607

C-47 42-93719

C-47 42-93719

C-47 43-15215

C-47 43-15215

C-47 44-8616

C-47 43-48616

C-47 436th TCG

C-47 436th TCG

C-47 438th Troop Carrier Group D-day

C-47 438th Troop Carrier Group

C-47 438th Troop Carrier Group

C-47 438th Troop Carrier Group, 90th TCS

C-47 44-77001 Le Bouget 1945

C-47 44-77001 Le Bouget 1945

C-47 440th TCG

C-47 440th TCG

C-47 442nd Troop Carrier Group sep44

C-47 442nd Troop Carrier Group

C-47 505th PIR

C-47 505th PIR

C-47 53rd Troop Carrier Wing

C-47 53rd Troop Carrier Wing

C-47 53rd Troop Carrier Wing Battle of the Bulge

C-47 53rd Troop Carrier Wing, 435th TCG Battle of the Bulge

C-47 81st TCS loaded with paratroopers Operation Dragoon August 15 1944

C-47 81st TCS loaded with paratroopers Operation Dragoon August 15, 1944

C-47 82nd Airborne Drop on Salerno 1943

C-47 82nd Airborne Drop on Salerno 1943

C-47 American Beauty 440th TCG England

C-47 American Beauty 440th TCG England

Douglas C-47 from 439th TCG

C-47 and CG-4 glider

C-47 and Gliders Ready for D-Day England June 1944

C-47 and Gliders Ready for D-Day England June 1944

C-47 CAPTAIN JACK

C-47 CAPTAIN JACK

C-47 Captain Jack 440th TCG England

C-47 Captain Jack 440th TCG England

C-47 Cock O The Walk 440th TCG England

C-47 Cock O The Walk 440th TCG England

Battle of The Bulge C-47 Drops Supplies Bastogne

C-47 Drops Supplies over Bastogne

C-47 England 1943

C-47 England 1943

C-47 Fatigued 1943

C-47 Fatigued 1943

C-47 Frankfurt Germany

C-47 Frankfurt Germany

C-47 I7-T 42-92879 442nd TCG Mount Farm

C-47 I7-T 42-92879 442nd TCG Mount Farm

C-47 Mount Farm

C-47 Mount Farm

C-47 SWEET

C-47 of the 438th TCG, 88th TCS

C-47 of the 59th TCS 61st TCG at Chipping Ongar

C-47 of the 59th TCS, 61st TCG at Chipping Ongar, X5-J

C-47 Over the Pyramids Oct 1943

C-47 Over the Pyramids

C-47 S6-E 42-108991 436th TCG

C-47 S6-E 42-108991 436th TCG

C-47 S6-H 42-100526 436th TCG

C-47 S6-H 42-100526 436th TCG

C-47 42-68743

C-47 Skytrain 42-68743

C-47 Skytrain Formation Operation Market Garden

C-47 Skytrain Formation Carries 82nd Airborne to Holland 17 September 1944, Operation Market Garden

C-47 soviet

C-47 USSR

C-47 Wilhelmshaven

C-47 Wilhelmshaven

Practice Jump Over France 82nd TCS 436th TCG C-47 Black Sheep

C-47A 42-100560 3D-K "Black Sheep"

C-47B 43-8386 Heston

C-47B Heston

C-47 Cross Rhine River Germany 1945

C-47s Operation Varsity

C-53

C-53

CASEVAC C-47

CASEVAC at Pomigliano 22 December 1943

Dakota 267 Squadron Catania

Dakota 267 Squadron Catania

Dakota Catania

Dakota Catania

Douglas Dakota

Dakota I FD772 "Windsor Castle"

Dakota III

Dakota III

Dakota III 46 Group Bazenville

Dakota III 46 Group Bazenville

Dakota III 46 Group Normandy

Dakota III 46 Group Normandy

Dakota III FD857 267 Squadron

Dakota III FD857 of 267 'Pegasus' Squadron

Dakota III FZ692 5T-UK Kwicherbichen

Dakota III FZ692 5T-UK Kwicherbichen 233 Squadron

Douglas Dakota III

Dakota III KG496 FL589 267 Squadron Italy

Dakota III KG647

Dakota III KG647

Dakota III KG770

Dakota III KG770 of No. 24 Squadron RAF

Dakota III of 267 Squadron land at Araxos

Dakota III of 267 Squadron land at Araxos

Dakota IIIs 267 Squadron RAF

Dakota IIIs 267 Squadron RAF

Dakota IIIs 267 Squadron

Dakota IIIs from 'Pegasus' 267 Squadron

Dakota IV KJ862 Prestwick

Dakota IV KJ862 Prestwick

Dakota IV KN512 24 Squadron

Dakota IV KN512 24 Squadron

Dakota TS434 1945

Dakota TS434 1945

Dakota UC

Dakota UC

Dakotas at Accra

Dakotas at Accra

Dakotas Belgian Airfield 1945

Dakotas Belgian Airfield 1945

Dakota III KN232 238 Squadron Burma

Damaged Dakota III KN232 238 Squadron Burma

DC-3 Dno Russia

DC-3 Dno Russia

9th Air Force Douglas C-47A CASEVAC Normandy

Douglas C-47A 42-24195 of 313th Transport Squadron, 31st Air Transport Group

Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomerys C-47 Normandy jul1944

Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery's Skytrain

French C-47B 43-49050

French C-47B 43-49050

C-47 in Germany 1945

Gas Jerricans for US Troops in Germany 1945

German DC-2 SG-KV

German DC-2 SG+KV

Gliders Towed by C-47 Airborne Cross Rhine

Gliders Towed by C-47 Airborne Cross Rhine

Gliders Towed by C-47 Sytrain Airborne Rhine Crossing March 1945

Gliders Towed by C-47 Sytrain Airborne Rhine Crossing March 1945

Gunner Guards Transport Planes during Operation Market Garden

Gunner Guards Transport Planes during Operation Market Garden

King George VI leaving a Dakota Italy

King George VI leaving a Dakota

Market Garden

Market Garden 17 September 1944

Paratroopers Drop C-47 Skytrain Rhine River Crossing

Operation Varsity

PARATROOPER Boards C-47 42-92841

Paratrooper boards C-47 314th TCG, 61st Troop Carrier Squadron

Paratroopers Jump C-47 Skytrain Rhine River Crossing

Paratroopers Jump during Operation Varsity

paratroops of the 82nd Airborne Division aboard a C-47 bound for Salerno

Paratroops of the 82nd Airborne Division

Pilot LtCol John Cerny With C-47

Pilot Lt.Col. John Cerny

Skytrain Fly Over Pyramids 1943

Skytrain Fly Over Pyramids 1943

captured Troops Loaded on C-47 505th PIR

Skytrain of 440th TCG, 95th Squadron

9th Air Force C-47 Down in Channel on D-Day Morning

Skytrain of the 440th TCG ditched 7 June 1944

C-47 North Africa 1943

Skytrain with shark mouth, North Africa 1943

Skytrains of the 437th TCG Evere

Skytrains of the 437th TCG, 83d Troop Carrier Squadron

Flight Nurse

Soldiers Chat with Flight Nurse on the Normandy Beachhead

US C-47 Shangri-La Express Egypt

US C-47 Shangri-La Express 1943

Wounded Italian and Allied Soldiers

Wounded Italian and Allied Soldiers Waiting under Wing

The Douglas DC-3 (Douglas Commercial 3) aircraft is one of the most popular aircraft in the history of air transportation. It contributed to the popularization of air travel in the 1930s and 1940s. It is considered one of the most successful and significant aircraft in aviation history. All-metal, good to fly, simple to operate, uncomplicated design, spacious fuselage and good performance caused a revolution in passenger aviation. The DC-3 was developed as an evolution of the Douglas DC-2 aircraft. In response to a request from American Airlines for a sleeper plane for transcontinental night flights in the United States, the Douglas Aircraft Company developed the first version of the DC-3, designated DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport). The aircraft was equipped with 14 reclining seats. A normal passenger version for 21 passengers was developed alongside the DST. The first flight took place on 17 December 1935. The scheduled flights of DST started on 18 September 1936. The plane was a big commercial success. The license for this plane was bought by USSR where it was produced as Lisunov Li-2 and by Japan as Showa L2D. During World War II many civilian DC-3s were incorporated into the military air force. Large numbers of military versions were also produced- the C-47, R-4D and “Dakota”. By 1946, more than 13,000 aircraft of the DC-3 family had been built. Total production, including the license Lisunov Li-2 in the USSR and Showa L2D in Japan, was at least 17276 units.