Photographer: William Draeger.

This C-47's identity had been a mystery for some time but it is now believed to be C-47B 43-48886 c/n 26147. The aircraft had been converted to C-47D and EC-47P. It was operated in SE Asia by the USAF and was subsequently issued to the South Vietnamese Air Force who operated it with the code "WB" until 1975, when it was returned to the USAF who presumably issued it to Singapore. When once inspected on Sentosa it was showing traces of the serial 886 and the code WB. The aircraft also carried the number "707" for a while (as above). It was later scrapped. Info from the Queensland Air Museum.

This was originally a C-47B. In Jul-1945 it was converted to C-47D, in Jul-1948 to VC-47D, in Jun-1966 it became a RC-47P and in May-1967 an EC-47P. In Aug-1972 it was transferred to the South Vietnamese AF as 348886, but returned to the USAF in Jun-1975. By 1982 it had ended up in the Sentosa collection, but it was scrapped in 1989.

EC-47P Electronic Recce aircraft of 360 TEWS flying on a mission from its Tan Son Nhut base. Fitted with various extra aerials on fuselage and wings. Photo obtained from Douglas.