Dan Jones wrote:
had gotten "drafted" for military use during the war
The term I usually encounter for what you're describing is "
impressed". Whenever I hear it, I'm always reminded how it originally referred sailors shanghaied into the Royal Navy centuries ago and was actually one of the causes of the War of 1812!
Since we're on the subject of impressed aircraft I figured I'd make a list of all of the examples I could find:
- Beechcraft UC-43
- Messerschmitt C-44
- Douglas C-48
- Douglas C-49
- Douglas C-50
- Douglas C-51
- Douglas C-52
- Lockheed C-56
- Lockheed C-57
- Lockheed C-59
- Lockheed C-60 (Base variant only)
- Fairchild UC-61 (B through J variants only)
- Lockheed C-66
- Douglas C-68
- Howard UC-70
- Spartan UC-71
- Waco UC-72
- Boeing C-73
- Boeing C-75
- Cessna C-77
- Junkers C-79
- Harlow C-80
- Stinson UC-81
- Piper C-83
- Douglas C-84
- Lockheed UC-85
- Fairchild C-86
- Fairchild C-88
- Hamilton C-89
- Luscombe C-90
- Stinson C-91
- Akron-Funk UC-92
- Cessna C-94
- Taylorcraft UC-95
- Fairchild UC-96
- Boeing C-98
- Northrop UC-100
- Lockheed UC-101
- Rearwin C-102
- Grumman UC-103
- Stout C-107
- Douglas C-110
- Lockheed C-111
- Taylorcraft L-2 (C through L variants only)
- Aeronca L-3 (D through J variants only)
- Piper L-4 (C through G variants only)
- Universal L-7
- Stinson L-9
- Ryan L-10
- Bellanca L-11
- Stinson L-12
(Source:
Joe Baugher,
U.S. Army Aircraft)
That's 43 cargo and 8 liaison models! (To be fair, some of the above, such as the C-48 through C-52, should have been considered variants of the same model, not different models entirely.)
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