Douglas C-47 Skytrain facts for kids
Quick facts for kids C-47 SkytrainC-53 Skytrooper Dakota |
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A C-47 over Duxford D-Day Show 2014 | |
Role | Military transport aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Douglas Aircraft Company |
Designer | Douglas Aircraft |
First flight | 23 December 1941 |
Status | In service in Colombia, Greece, El Salvador and South Africa |
Primary users | United States Army Air Forces Royal Air Force United States Navy Royal Canadian Air Force See operators |
Number built | 10,174 |
Developed from | Douglas DC-3 |
Variants | Douglas XCG-17 Douglas AC-47 Spooky |
The C-47 Skytrain was an American cargo aircraft that could carry up to 3.5 tons. It was the military version of the DC-3. The C-47 was most notably used during World War II by the Allied to move troops, supplies and the wounded.
During the Berlin Airlift in the Cold War C-47 planes carried food and other supplies to West Berlin, as all other methods of transport were blocked.
Images for kids
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C-47s unloading at Tempelhof Airport during the Berlin Airlift
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A former USAAF C-47A Skytrain which flew from a base in Devon, England, during the D-Day Normandy invasion and shows "invasion stripes" on her wings and fuselage
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Douglas C-53 Skytrooper, c/n 4935, operated by a skydiving service at Eloy, Arizona
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USN R4D-8 from VR-23 Codfish Airline over Mount Fuji, 1952
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A Dakota IV in RAF Transport Command colors, owned by the Classic Air Force, operating out of Coventry Airport
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A Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dakota with open parachute door at Duxford in 2008
See also
In Spanish: Douglas C-47 Skytrain para niños