Douglas C-47 Skytrain
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The Douglas C-47 Skytrain, or Dakota, is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the
C-47 43-30652 "Whiskey 7" at 2014 Duxford D-Day Show
U.S. Navy C-117Ds at RAF Mildenhall in 1967
U.S. Army Pathfinders and USAAF flight crew prior to D-Day, June 1944, in front of a C-47 Skytrain at RAF North Witham
C-47s unloading at Tempelhof Airport during the Berlin Airlift, 1948
Curtiss C-46 Commando
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The Curtiss C-46 Commando is a low-wing, twin-engine aircraft derived from the Curtiss CW-20 pressurized high-altitude airliner design. Early press reports used the name "Condor III" but the Commando
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
…front-line service with various military operators for many years. It was produced in roughly triple the numbers of the larger, much heavier payload Curtiss C-46 Commando, which filled a similar role for the U.S. military. About 100 countries' armed forces have operated the C-47, with over 60 variants of the aircraft…
A wartime photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) C-46 Commando
World War II US Navy Recognition Chart for Curtiss C-46
A U.S. C-46 aircraft conducting an aerial evacuation of wounded American troops from Manila, the capital of the Philippines, shortly after U.S. forces retook the city after intense fighting with the Japanese.
C-46A being used for research in 1946, by NACA (Predecessor to NASA)