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N47DC S/N:19347 Constructed 1942. Long Beach California. First flew in 1943. Served with the Unitied States Army Air Force (USAAF) She flew with the 79th TSC out of Membury during D-day as 42-1000884 Delivered to RAF at Netheravon as TS423 in 1944 and shortly before the end of the war transferred to 436 Squadron to the RACF at Down Ampney. Heavy Glider Unit Took part in Arnhem and the D Day landings. She was also one of the very few glider (snatchers) recovery aircraft with the RAF this was a difficult and dangerous job. She also helped drop supplies during the Berlin airlift. After the war she went to Short Brothers, Scottish Aviation, Marshalls and Ferranti. At Ferranti she acquired a non standard nose.. Inside this unique nose, which singled her out from her eleven thousand sisters, Ferranti fitted air pass radar for the Lightning fighter and hydraulically operated gun turret. Underneath she acquired Sonar buoy dropping equipment. " <a href="http://www.aviationfilming.com/aircraft-mayfly-dc3-c47/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aviationfilming.com/aircraft-mayfly-dc3-c47/</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> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8kkGIh_NXQ" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8kkGIh_NXQ</a> |
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