| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 42-23769 |
| Alternate Serial: | 223769 |
| Military Code: | 45 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Skytrain |
| C/n (msn): | 9631 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Missouri, United States |
| Photo Date: | September 1944 to January 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 514569 |
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C-47 type training based at Sedalia AAF, now Whiteman AFB. Lt Kirkpatrick's logbook shows he made 48 flights on the type here in four months. He also flew the CG-4 assault glider a couple of times. He had received multi-engine training on the Beech AT-10 Wichita at Freeman AAF, Seymour, Indiana. 42-23769 to Sabena after the war as a DC-3C, c/n 43089, OO-AUY. Photo by: James Kirkpatrick / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 3 November 2022, and has since been viewed 554 times. |