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Aircraft · United States · 1941-1945

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

transport

The military version of the DC-3 airliner flew the Hump route over the Himalayas from India into China after the Burma Road was cut, one of the most dangerous transport runs of the war, and kept Fourteenth Army supplied by air during the siege of Imphal. It also dropped Merrill's Marauders' supplies and paratroops into Burma. Rugged and easy to maintain, it became the backbone of Allied air transport everywhere.

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crew4
top speed360 km/h
capacity28 troops or 2,700 kg cargo
range2,600 km
producedover 10,000 (military variants)

China, Burma and India, Pacific, Western Europe

C-47 Skytrain - Duxford D-Day Show 2014
C-47 Skytrain - Duxford D-Day Show 2014Airwolfhound · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
6th Special Operations Squadron and their aircraft. The two closest are UH-1Ns (69-6654, right); the white aircraft on the left is a C-47T Turboprop conversion (the USAF is still flying the C-47); the white plane on the
6th Special Operations Squadron and their aircraft. The two closest are UH-1Ns (69-6654, right); the white aircraft on the left is a C-47T Turboprop conversion (the USAF is still flying the C-47); the white plane on the U.S. Air Force photograph by Airman 1st Class Ali Flisek. · Public domain · source
The IAF's heritage aircraft, Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Dakota), during the Republic Day Flypast 2024.
The IAF's heritage aircraft, Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Dakota), during the Republic Day Flypast 2024.Naman Vishwajeet · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

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