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2. That's All, Brother - Wikipedia

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   That's All, Brother [a] is a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft (the military version of the civilian DC-3) that led the formation of 800 others from which approximately 13,000 U.S. paratroopers jumped on D-Day, June 6, 1944, the beginning of the liberation of France in the last two years of World War II.

3. Douglas C-47 Skytrain - Wikipedia

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   The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II . During the war the C-47 was used for troop transport , cargo , paratrooper , for towing gliders and military cargo parachute drops.

4. List of surviving Douglas C-47 Skytrains - Wikipedia

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   The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum's C-47 in June 2023. 12913 – CC-129 airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. [25] 12932 – CC-129 airworthy with Buffalo Airways in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. [25] 12945 – Dakota III airworthy at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Hamilton, Ontario. [26]

5. No. 512 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia

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   In February 1944 the squadron changed role and was transferred to No. 46 Group at RAF Broadwell; it was now a tactical Dakota squadron and started training glider towing and parachute dropping. Its first operation in the new role was a leaflet drop on 5 June 1944 over France , this followed intensive flying in and out of France including ...

6. List of Douglas C-47 Skytrain operators - Wikipedia

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   Royal Air Force Dakota III Two USAAF C-47A Skytrains over France, 1944 British paratroops inside C-47 Dakota, 1944. List of C-47 Skytrain operators includes the country, military service, known squadrons, and related data. The Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. The C-47 has served with ...

7. Douglas Aircraft Company - Wikipedia

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   Douglas continued to develop new aircraft, including the successful four-engined Douglas DC-6 (1946) and its last propeller-driven commercial aircraft, the Douglas DC-7 (1953). The company had moved into jet propulsion, producing its first for the U.S. Navy — the straight-winged F3D Skyknight in 1948 and then the more "jet age" style F4D ...

8. FDA may finally ban artificial red food dye from foods - AOL

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   House Energy and Commerce Committee ranking member Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., also urged the FDA to ban Red No. 3, which is made from petroleum and gives food and drinks a bright cherry color.

9. No. 575 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia

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   Just two weeks later it moved to RAF Broadwell to work-up as a tactical transport squadron with the Douglas Dakota, the military transport version of the Douglas DC-3 airliner. The squadron's first operations were leaflet raids on France, on the eve of D-Day it dropped the 5th Para brigade into the invasion drop zone (Operation Tonga). [6]