Douglas C-47 Dakota – Gaëtan Marie's Aviation Profiles https://www.gaetanmarie.com High Quality Digital Aviation Art Wed, 08 Jun 2016 23:56:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.gaetanmarie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png Douglas C-47 Dakota – Gaëtan Marie's Aviation Profiles https://www.gaetanmarie.com 32 32 Douglas C-47 Dakota https://www.gaetanmarie.com/douglas-c-47-dakota/ https://www.gaetanmarie.com/douglas-c-47-dakota/#respond Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:53:42 +0000 https://gaetanmarie.com/?p=453 Continue reading Douglas C-47 Dakota]]> Arguably the single most important design in aviation history, the Dakota was the airplane that launched modern air travel and was the backbone of US military air transport in World War II. Many Dakotas are still flying nowadays, including on commercial passenger/cargo aircraft.

US, C-47A-80-DL, 43-15109, 80 TCS, 436 TCG

1. This C-47A-80-DL of the 80th Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th TCG was stationed in Melun-Villaroche, France, in March 1945.

US, C-47A-80-DL, 43-15109, 80 TCS, 436 TCG -detail

US, C-47A-75-DL, 42-100882, Drag Em Oot, N473DC

2. “Drag Em Oot” is a preserved C-47A-75-DL still flying today, and carrying US wartime colours.

US, C-47A-35-DL, 42-23838, Fifi Kate, N47FK

3. “Fifi Kate” is another preserved Dakota. It is a C-47A-35-DL and carries RAF wartime colours and invasion stripes.

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