Douglas C-47B Skytrain - Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, GA - Static Aircraft Displays on Waymarking.com

Few aircraft are as well known or were so widely used for so long as the C-47 or "Gooney Bird" as it was affectionately nicknamed. The aircraft was adapted from the DC-3 commercial airliner which appeared in 1936. The first C-47s were ordered in 1940, and by the end of WWII 9,348 had been procured for AAF use. They carried personnel and cargo, and in a combat role, towed troop-carrying gliders and dropped paratroops into enemy territory.

After WWII, many C-47s remained in then USAF service, participating in the Berlin Airlift and other peacetime activities. During the Korean Conflict, C-47s hauled supplies, dropped paratroopers, evacuated wounded and dropped flares for night bombing attacks. In Southeast Asia, the C-47 served again as a transport, but it was also used in a variety of other ways which included flying ground attack (gunship), reconnaissance, and psychological warfare missions.

Warner Robins Air Logistics Center assumed worldwide logistics management responsibly for the C-47 in 1959. The Museum's C-47 was actually purchased for the U.S. Navy and delivered in November 1944 as an R4D-6 and was retired by the Navy in 1973. It6 was acquired from the Navy and moved to the Museum in 1984.

Type of Aircraft: (make/model): Douglas C-47B Skytrain Tail Number: (S/N): 43-49442 Construction:: original aircraft Location (park, airport, museum, etc.): Museum of Aviation, RAFB, Warner Robins, GA inside / outside: outside Other Information:: Not listed Access restrictions: Not listed

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