List of airworthy D-Day C-47 survivors

[Mark Allen M]

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[Pathfinder]

C-47 42-100882
C-47 42-32832
C-47 N1944A
C-47 42-100903
C-47 42-92096
C-47 42-92606
C-47 N345AB

Mark--

May I suggest that you compile your list with BOTH N-number and AAF serial number?

[Mark Allen M]

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[patelie]

Mark

Here is some addition for your list :

C-47 42-93096 / serial #6 / CN #17
C-47 42-100882 / serial #7 / CN #2
C-47 N1944A / 43-15211 / serial #12 / CN #47
C-47 N345AB / 43-30652 / serial #18 / CN #37
C-47 42-32832 / serial #25 / CN #41
C-47 42-100903 / spare on d-day / used on Memphis

C-47 42-92606 / RAF KG395 / Towed horsa glider during operation Mallard (6th A/B division) on d-day evening

I let you add the N-numbers because it's off my knowledge

42-92096 was flown from Texas to NOLA before it was embalmed and mounted on the ceiling at the NWW2M. She was Pathfinder plane 17....flew Normandy....Southern France...Market-Garden...Bastogne and the Rhine...and "A Bridge Too Far".

Dave.. You hit the wrong key on your keyboard.. Wasn't she 42-93096 ?

[Pathfinder]

Thanks Patrick!!

Jack avec Cola pour vous!

[Mark Allen M]

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[Pathfinder]

C-47 41-18401 / Possibly

Mark--

401 was tasked to ATC (Air Transport Command) in the Med. ATC aircraft did not drop paratroops or tow gliders. ATC aircraft were not considered 'combat' aircraft.

TCC (Troop Carrier Command) was a completely different thing...dropping paratroops and towing gliders. Their C-47s were considered combat aircraft.

Your original quest was for D-Day (Normandy) planes. But I sure don't want to take away this old girl's time in the war zone...and unlike my 096 her props still spin!

[Pathfinder]

May I submit 43-15510 which is currently on display as Spooky OS 510 at Hurlburt Field in Florida?
My friend, Mike Ingrisano, who passed away recently, was the R/O aboard her on D-Day.

43-15510 Chalk #50 Serial 18 (37TCS/316TCG) (3/505/82nd)

Mike will be buried in Arlington tomorrow.

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[mustangdriver]

When we interviewed the guys from Buffalo Airways they said that a few of their C-47's had been flown on D-day and one of their aircraft flew on missions on D-Day, Market Garden, and The Bulge.

Although not a flyer, the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, DE has the real Surf N' Turf Special that is a D-Day vet as well. It is a beautiful restoration.