Douglas Dc-3 & C-47 Skytrain
Douglas Dc-3 & C-47 Skytrain
Douglas Dc-3 & C-47 Skytrain
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Military Aircraft
C-41A
DC-3 model, 23 seat VIP interior, similar to C-39.
Produced 1939
Douglas Santa Monica, California (DO)
C-47
As DC-3, revised fuselage, wing, tail,
reinforced floor, cargo door, astrodome.
Produced
Douglas Long Beach, California (DL)
R4D-1
As C-47, version for US Navy,
equipment changes.
34 also converted from C-47.
Produced
Douglas Long Beach, California (D)
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C-47A
As C-47, 24-volt electrical system.
Many DK built airframe c/n's duplicated with other aircraft,
corrected with new c/n's after delivery.
Produced
Douglas Long Beach, California (DL)
C-47B
As C-47, engine upgrade, high altitude superchargers,
provision for additional fuel tanks.
DK built airframe c/n's duplicated with other aircraft,
corrected with new c/n's after delivery.
Produced
Douglas Long Beach, California (DL)
42-93159 13040
43-48263 / 43-49962
- 1682 as C-47B-DK. 14079 / 15778 (corrected c/n: 25524 / 27223)
- 18 as TC-47B-DK.
44-76195 / 44-77294
- 985 as C-47B-DK. 15779 / 16878 (corrected c/n: 32527 / 33626)
- 115 as TC-47B-DK.
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One of the best in existence!, C-47B-45-DK, s/n: 45-960 (RNZAF s/n: NZ3551),
carried Queen Elizabeth II on her 1953 New Zealand tour in VVIP configuartion.
NewZealand operated 49 Douglas C-47 Dakotas from 1943 to 1978.
RNZAF Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1999.
TC-47B
As C-47B, navigational trainers.
Produced
Douglas Oklahoma, Oklahoma (DK)
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C-53 Skytrooper
As C-47, paratroop version, no cargo door.
2 additional aircraft factory impressed
(43-14404, 43-14405) and 1 civil drafted (43-36600).
Produced
Douglas Santa Monica, California (DO)
41-20045 4810
41-20046 / 41-20136
- 8 delivered as the 4816 / 4906
winterised C-53B.
42-6455 / 42-6504 4907 / 4956
42-15530 / 42-15569 7325 / 7364
42-15870 / 42-15894 7387 / 7411
42-47371 / 42-47382 7313 / 7324 219 Total: 00219
C-53D Skytrooper
As C-53, 24-volt electrical system.
Produced
Douglas Santa Monica, California (DO)
C-117A
As C-47B, 24 seat passenger interior.
Some later converted to C-117B standard, then VC-117B.
DK built airframe c/n's duplicated with other aircraft,
corrected with new c/n's after delivery.
Produced
Douglas Oklahoma, Oklahoma (DK)
C-117B
As C-117A, superchargers removed, later to VC-117B.
Issued with duplicated c/n, corrected after delivery.
Produced
Douglas Long Beach, California (DL)
DC-3D
As C-117A, surplus airframes completed
as a post WW2 civil variant.
Produced 1945
Douglas Santa Monica, California (DO)
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C-47A-30-DK was originally built for the USAAF as 43-48061 and was later
sold to the Turkish Air Force as 6052 (YSL-52). Turkey operated 108
C-47's from 1946 to 1996, one of the few military air forces in
the world to fly Dakotas into the 1990's.
Turkish Air Force Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, 2005.
Military Conversions
USAAF / USAF
C-47 30 C-47, 1949, refurbished aircraft for Greece, new s/n: 49-2612 / 49-2641.
C-47A 1 R4D-5(17205), US Navy conversion to US Army, assigned s/n: 66-8836.
AC-47A 1+ C-47A, electronics calibration conversions.
(EC-47A) 1+ AC-47A, further conversions for Airways and Air Communications Service.
JC-47A 1 C-47A(42-93177), conversion for temporary testing.
RC-47A 1+ C-47A, used in Korean war, limited reconn. aircraft.
SC-47A 1+ C-47A, air/sea search and rescue conversions.
(HC-47A) 1+ 1962, redesignation of SC-47A.
VC-47A 1+ C-47A, staff transports, later redesignated C-117C.
WC-47A 1+ C-47A, weather reconn. conversions.
AC-47B 1+ C-47B, electronics calibration conversions.
(EC-47B) 1+ Redesignation of AC-47B.
NC-47B 1 C-47B(43-16277), permanent test duties, sometimes: NC-47J.
SC-47B 1+ C-47B, air/sea search and rescue conversions.
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(DC-3B)
C-84 4 Total: 93
Assigned s/n: 41-57157, 42-57511 / 42-57513.
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US Navy
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Panoramic view of US Navy Douglas LC-47H BuNo. 17221, nicknamed "Kool Kiwi".
Originally built as C-47A-25-DK, s/n: 42-92410, this aircraft was assigned to the
US Navy as an R4D-5L for Antarctic Operation Deep Freeze from 1955 to 1966.
It was redesignated as an LC-47H in 1962 and is one of only
two such conversions left in the world today.
Christchurch, New Zealand, 1996.
British RAF
Foreign Conversions
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RUSSIA
Lisunov Li-2 "Cab"
Russian Licence built version of the DC-3 / C-47.
Original designation was PS-84, changed to Li-2 in 1042.
Produced 1940 - 1945
Lisunov Aircraft Co., Russia
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