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C-47A (c/n 19345) Drag 'em Oot This Douglas C-47 with c/n 19345, was delivered to the United States Army Air Force on December 28, 1943 with serial 42-100882. She joined operations with 87th Troop Carrier Squadron, based at Greenham Common. Being equipped as glider pick up, her crew named her "Drag 'em Oot" (slang for Drag them out). She participated in the air assault during D-Day when at 00:46 on June 6, 1944 she dropped 18 paratroopers of the US 82nd Airborne Division, just behind the Normandy beach heads, near St. Mere Église. She returned safe to the UK and after a second mission the same day, she started to resupply the troops in France until she was transferred to the Royal Air Force as Dakota C3 with serial TS422 in September 1944 Once in the UK she became N473DC and repainted in the colours she now flies in. The original markings as worn during her missions on D-Day 1944 with USAAF serial 42-100882 and coded 3X-P nicknamed "Drag 'em Oot" then piloted by the Bill Allin. (1922-2016)
<a href="http://www.touchdown-aviation.com/flying-legends/plane/united-kingdom--privately-owned/douglas-c-47a-skytrain-n473dc.php" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.touchdown-aviation.com/flying-legends/plane/united-ki...</a> "Le C-47 « Drag-’em-oot » 42-100882, qui, lui, est anglais. C’est un véritable ancien participant au débarquement, il a largué des parachutistes du 2e Bataillon du 502ème Régiment d’infanterie de la 101ème Airborne le jour J il se trouvait être l’aéronef n ° 2 du 7 « stick ». Les 6 premiers étant ceux des « Pathfinder », envoyés plus tôt dans la nuit pour guider les avions suivants et leurs largages. Il les lâche au dessus de Carentan, et repart pour aller chercher des planeurs pour l’opération Elmira : il fait partie des 14 Waco ou CG-4A Hadrian (chez les anglais) plus les 36 Airspeed Horsa qui vont débouler sur Sainte-Mère l’Eglise. Il n’a pas fait que cette mission : dès le 2 septembre 1944, il est devenu anglais, inscrit dans la RAF à la base de Greenham Common et a participé sous l’indicatif Dakota III (N° TS422) aux deux grandes opérations parachutage, Market Garden et Varsity (la plus grande opération aéroportée de la Seconde Guerre mondiale ayant pour objectif de prendre pied sur le Rhin). Pendant ces opérations on lui a largement tiré dessus, et il en a gardé les stigmates, son fuselage portant des pièces de métal à la place des trous d’éclats de DCA. Il partait alors de Down Ampney faisant partie du 435 (RCAF) Squadron en août 1945. En devenant anglais il a hérité d’un tâche particulière, celle de ramener un par un les planeurs posés dans la campagne normande en Angleterre, les alliés craignant trop de les voir attaquer par la Lutwaffe dont ils ignoraient l’état avant de déliquescence, faute de carburant. Pour cela, on va l’équiper d’une longue crosse arrière et d’un treuil à bord pour qu’il puisse prendre à la volée, sans avoir à se poser, les planeurs Waco, via un câble tendu horizontalement entre deux poteaux, faisant gagner du temps lors de l’opération. " <a href="https://www.centpapiers.com/parmi-les-visiteurs-de-normandie-beaucoup-danciens-avions-de-la-cia-2/" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.centpapiers.com/parmi-les-visiteurs-de-normandie-beau...</a> |
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Source | Douglas C47A 1943 |
Author | Falcon® Photography from France, France |
Camera location | 49° 19′ 09.14″ N, 1° 15′ 48.26″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 49.319205; -1.263406 |
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Camera manufacturer | SONY |
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Camera model | ILCE-7M2 |
Exposure time | 1/320 sec (0.003125) |
F-number | f/8 |
ISO speed rating | 50 |
Date and time of data generation | 14:13, 3 June 2017 |
Lens focal length | 194 mm |
Horizontal resolution | 240 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 240 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.5.1 (Windows) |
File change date and time | 16:24, 21 May 2018 |
Exposure Program | Normal program |
Exif version | 2.3 |
Date and time of digitizing | 14:13, 3 June 2017 |
APEX shutter speed | 8.321928 |
APEX aperture | 6 |
APEX brightness | 11.45859375 |
APEX exposure bias | −0.3 |
Maximum land aperture | 4 APEX (f/4) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
Color space | sRGB |
Focal plane X resolution | 1,675.2573852539 |
Focal plane Y resolution | 1,675.2573852539 |
Focal plane resolution unit | 3 |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 194 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Lens used | FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS |
Date metadata was last modified | 18:24, 21 May 2018 |
Unique ID of original document | 3431DEC4B242EE13791085177BF3E43A |
IIM version | 4 |