Aircraft Photo of 43-49507 | Douglas C-47D Skytrain | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #767960
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:43-49507
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47D Skytrain
C/n (msn):15323/26768
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Mary Esther - Hurlburt FieldMap
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: -   Local: HRT   Other: -
 
Photo Date:June 1975
Photo from:Tim Spearman Collection
Photo ID: 767960
Photo Comment

Last operational with 834TCW at Hurlburt Field, 43-49507 was the last C-47 in routine operation with the USAF, the aircraft was allocated to the Air Force Museum at Wright Patterson at the end of June 1975 and is displayed there at time of upload as 315213 a C-47A of the 91st Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, which was used to recover gliders used in the invasion of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

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