The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively...
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The Douglas AC-47 ("Puff, the Magic Dragon") was the first in a series of fixed-wing gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam...
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surviving Douglas C-47 Skytrain and variant aircraft, including the C-53 Skytrooper, C-117 and R4D. Airworthy 43-49533. LV-BEH, C-47B-15-DK c/n 15349/26794...
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plane. Related development Basler BT-67 Douglas AC-47 Spooky Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas R4D-8/C-117D Douglas DC-2 Lisunov Li-2 Showa/Nakajima L2D Conroy...
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On March 17, 1957, a C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft crashed on the slopes of Mount Manunggal on the island of Cebu in the Philippines. The crash killed...
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Dakota is a military transport that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. The C-47 has served with over 90 countries outside of the United States:...
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Korean War. Like the Douglas C-47 Skytrain derived from the DC-3, the C-54 Skymaster was derived from a civilian airliner, the Douglas DC-4. Besides transport...
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The Douglas R4D-8 (later redesignated C-117D) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3S (Super DC-3) airliner. It was...
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Port Logan (section USAAF Douglas C-47 crash)
Butler, Peter Mullan and newcomer Connor Swindells. On 27 July 1944, two Douglas C-47 Skytrains (one was serial number 42-93038) of the United States Army...
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(1944) Douglas XB-43 Jetmaster (1946) Douglas B-66 Destroyer (1954) Douglas BTD Destroyer Douglas C-1 (1925) Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas AC-47 Spooky...
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