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armyjunk2
 Post subject: Guess the plane?
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can the guy on the left be over 15 years old? Guess the plane?

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the330thbg
 Post subject: looks like the inside of
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a Wellington!!!

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They let 12 yr olds play with guns back then? He does look rather young!
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Abermale ?
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You guys are great to even make a guess, but its this one

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DC -2 or a C-53?
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???Hmmm, just looks too narrow, here is a good interior shot of a c-47, looks much wider, number of stringers in the framing is different as well, what model is this?
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That is one of the DC-2 derivatives, holedigger. Not sure if it is a C-33. 34, 39 etc, but that is why the narrower flat sided fuselage.
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Rudder looked wrong for the DC-2, but then again, there were so many variants!
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I think it is a C-39 which used the C-33/DC-2 fuselage and wings with DC-3 center-section, tail unit and landing gear according to various sources. Thirty-five were built with the last delivered in Sept 1939. I think these were the last of the DC-2 series produced. My 2 cents.

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The headlights under the Cockpit suggest the 33 or 39. Also the window frames in the interior picture match up with those of the DC-2-C39.
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Wow.., the narrower fuselage really made her not look like a C-47 variant! More like a Wellington body.

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The Wellington's fuselage was comprised of "criss-cross" geodesic stringers and looks quite different inside.

From http://www.214squadron.org.uk/

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quite different indeed.

Was she wood and metal?

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the330thbg wrote:
quite different indeed.

Was she wood and metal?


Aluminum alloy geodescic frame, with fabric covering.

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