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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List of C-47 Skytrain operators includes the country, military service, known squadrons, and related data. The Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport...
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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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ended in 1943 at 607 aircraft. Military versions, including the C-47 Skytrain (the Dakota in British RAF service), and Soviet- and Japanese-built versions...
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machine guns 32 × Mk 24 flares Pylon turn Related development Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas DC-3 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Fairchild...
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Soekarno–Hatta Airport Skytrain, a people mover at Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Indonesia Douglas C-47 Skytrain also known as the Dakota, a military transport...
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The 1947 Croydon Dakota accident occurred on 25 January 1947 when a Spencer Airways Douglas C-47A Skytrain (Dakota) failed to get airborne from Croydon...
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version of the Douglas DC-3 Dakota II, Royal Air Force designation of impressed Douglas DC-3 aircraft Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota, a military transport...
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The 1947 Yogyakarta Dakota incident occurred when a Douglas C-47 Skytrain was carrying medical supplies to the de facto republican government of Indonesia...
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known as the C-47 Skytrain or "Dakota" in British service. Many Douglas aircraft have long service lives. During World War II, Douglas joined the BVD...
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List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 (redirect from List of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3)
and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents...
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Soesterberg AB) Convair F-102A Delta Dagger Dornier Do 24K Douglas C-47 Dakota "Skytrain" Fokker D.VII Fokker D.XXI Fokker G.1A Fokker S.11 "Instructor"...
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Argo 16 (category Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas C-47 Skytrain)
Argo 16 was the codename of an Italian Air Force C-47 Dakota aircraft, registration MM61832, used by the Italian Secret Service SID and the U.S. Central...
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original (YouTube) on 8 January 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014. 1946 C-47 Skytrain crash on the Gauli Glacier. Crandell, Hy. "150 88th Div. Men Enter Switz...
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R4D-4Q Radar countermeasures version of R4D-4. Dakota II RAF designation for impressed DC-3s C-47 Skytrain Initial military version of the DC-3A with seats...
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PK-AFV. The aircraft is sometimes incorrectly referred to as a C-47 Skytrain or Douglas Dakota, which were names given to the military variant of the DC-3...
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On 5 December 2012, a Douglas C-47 Dakota of the South African Air Force crashed in the Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa, killing all eleven people...
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which did not have to land. The snatching aircraft, typically a Douglas C-47 Skytrain ("Dakota"), had a 20 ft (6 m) arm hanging down at a 45-degree angle,...
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London, United Kingdom on 19 December 1946. The Dakota involved made its first flight in 1944 as Douglas C-47A 42-92633 military transport of the United...
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On 24 September 1944, a Douglas C-47 Dakota operated by the Royal Air Force was shot down over Neuleiningen by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 after it veered...
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Grasshopper (ROKAF) Stinson L-5 Sentinel (ROKAF) Transport airplanes Douglas C-47 Skytrain (ROKAF) Attack airplanes Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik (KPAF, PLAAF)...
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2018. "Douglas DC-3 "Flagship Orange County" | Lyon Air Museum". www.lyonairmuseum.org. Retrieved 21 July 2018. "Douglas C-47 "Skytrain" or "Dakota" | Lyon...
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Conroy Turbo-Three (category Douglas DC-3)
[citation needed] Related development Conroy Tri-Turbo-Three Douglas C-47 Skytrain Douglas DC-3 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Basler...
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List of original DC-3 operators (redirect from List of Douglas DC-3 operators)
With the availability of large numbers of surplus military C-47 Skytrains or Dakotas after the Second World War, nearly every airline and military force...
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involving the Douglas DC-3A that have taken place since 1 January 2000, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Basler...
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Aircraft in fiction (redirect from C-130 Hercules in fiction)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a heavily modified C-17 serves as the team's Bus. A ski-equipped Douglas C-47 Skytrain is featured in Howard Hawks' 1951 science-fiction...
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Canal Creek air crash (category Accidents and incidents involving the Douglas C-47 Skytrain)
Squadron, 374th Troop Carrier Group. This Squadron operated the Douglas C-47 Skytrain in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) during the war. He was awarded...
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Sky Pirates (redirect from Dakota Harris)
Washington, D.C. Reverend Mitchell, Mitchell's lovely daughter Melanie, General Hackett and Major Savage are aboard the Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport....
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The 1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 Crash occurred on 11 January 1947 when Douglas C-47A G-AGJX of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) crashed into a hill...
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Convair C-131D Samaritan 55-0292 Convair F-102A Delta Dagger 56-1017 Douglas A-26K Invader 64-17640 Douglas C-47H Skytrain 42-93127 Douglas C-54D Skymaster...
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