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-Daisy was manufactured at Douglas Aircraft Company's plant in Long Beach in South Los Angeles, California 1943, with serial number (c/n) 13883, as a C-47 A-60-DL Skytrain, a military version of the DC-3 with large cargo door, strengthened floor and larger fuel tanks. She was delivered to the US Army Air Forces on 5 October 1943 as USAAF s/n 43-30732. On tail fin the number 330732 was painted.

Daisy was shipped directly to US Army Air Forces in October 1943 and was based in Oran in Algeria, where she transported troops, cargo and supplies. In 1944 she moved to England in preparation for the Allied invasion of occupied Europe. Daisy took part in the parachuting drop on D-Day on June 6, 1944, dropping members of “Easy Company”, the Role Models for the TV-serie “Band of Brothers”. Daisy is probably one of very few DC 3’s that was used for parachute jumping during WW2 and is still licensed to do this.

On 23 september 1945 she returned to the United States and was transferred to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), an organization within the U.S. Government Administration that sold out military war surplus materials. In 1946 she was converted from a military C-47 to a civilian DC-3 of Canada Air Ltd. The conversion included the large cargo doors were replaced with an ordinary passenger door, the cabin soundproofed and she got more comfortable chairs.

After the conversion Daisy was sold to the Norwegian Aviation AS. In Norway, and given civilian registration number LN-IAF and the name Nordfugl. In 1948 Scandinavian Airline System, SAS, was formed by Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Nordfugl was now painted in SAS’ classic colours and given the name Fridtjof Viking, which she still carries. Daisy thus became one of SAS' first airplanes.

-Tillverkat i Long Beach, Kalifornien (c/n 13883). Levererad till USAAF 5 oktober 1943 som C-47 A-60-DL Skytrain. USAAF no. 43-30732. Tillhörde 9th Air Force, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing och var stationerad i Oran, Algeriet och i Storbritannien. Från flygfältet Barkstone Heath deltog hon i luftlandsättningarna under Dagen D den 6 juni 1944. Efter krigsslutet avförd ur USAAF och 1946 konverterad av Canadair Ltd. till en DC-3C. Såld till Det Norske Luftselskap (reg LN-IAF och namnet Nordfugl). Efter 1948 i SAS-trafik i norsk inrikestrafik med namnet Fridtjof Viking. Såld till ABA 1957 för bruk i Linjeflyg, ny svensk registrering SE-CFP 13 augusti. Såld av ABA till Flygvapnet i juni 1960 och baserad vid F 7 Såtenäs. Militär märkning 76 på fenan, 796 från 1980. Avställd i Flygvapnet 1982 och såld till privatpersonerna Ingemar Wärme och Jimmie Berglund för 80 000 kronor. Återregistrerat civilt 26 juni 1984 som SE-CFP. Ägarskapet överfört till stiftelsen Flygande Veteraner. Flyger fortfarande som veteranflygplan i föreningen Flygande Veteraners regi, sedan säsongen 1986 i SAS klassiska "drakmålning" med namnet Fridtjof Viking och smeknamnet Daisy. <a href="https://www.flygandeveteraner.se/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.flygandeveteraner.se/</a>

-On 6 June 2019, for the 75th anniversary and as part of the commemorations of D-Day landings, a flight of 21 Dakotas carrying paratrooper re-enactors flew from Duxford in England to Sannerville in Normandy. This was one of the largest, perhaps the largest, gatherings of C-47/DC-3/Dakota aircraft for over 75 years. <a href="http://www.curbsideclassic.com/rampside-classic/runway-classic-the-c-47-skytrain-dakota-over-normandy-75-years-on/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.curbsideclassic.com/rampside-classic/runway-classic-t...</a>