Happy Xmas + 1
I was going to wait until after the 1st of the year to post a new thread but I have some down time (to continue to harrass you guys with
) and thought some of you may enjoy a few C-47's. Hope you all had a nice day yesterday. I've cleaned these guys up as best I dare with photoshop and labeled with as much info as I have. Source SDASM, USAF archives.
Just reviewed the posts and sorry but many of the photos just couldn't be cleaned up better. A lot of fuzzy and faded images
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Douglas C-33
Douglas R4D-4 NATS 2-star Admiral command plane from the Naval Air Transport Service at Oakland on April 9 1946
Douglas C-42 front view SN 38-503 "Flying Chief" note the curtains in the cabin windows (US Air Force photo)
43-49404 built as a C-47 B-15-DK Photo probably taken between 1953 and 1963
An R4D Skytrain assigned to Naval Air Station NAS Corpus Christi Texas circa 1955
C-47 A CA ANG Hayward
Douglas SC-47D Skytrain of the C Flight of the 6th Rescue Squadron USAF Air Rescue Service
Douglas C-47
R4D Skytrain The aircraft is probably assigned to Marine Utility Squadron 352 VMJ-352
Canadian Air Force C-47 seconded to the UN
C-47 Skytrain "Gooney Bird" based at Hickam Air Force Base Hawaii from early 1950's to mid-1970's