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The Douglas R4D-8 (later redesignated C-117D) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3S (Super DC-3) airliner. It was used by the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps during the Korean War and Vietnam War .
R4D-1 Skytrain USN/USMC version of the C-47. R4D-3 Twenty C-53Cs transferred to USN. R4D-5 C-47A variant 24-volt electrical system replacing the 12-volt of the C-47; re-designated C-47H in 1962, 238 transferred from USAF. R4D-5L R4D-5 for use in Antarctica. re-designated LC-47H in 1962. R4D-5Q R4D-5 for use as special ECM trainer. re-designated ...
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R4D-6. R4D-6 on display at the Silent Wings Museum. 17278 – Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock, Texas. [175] 50761 – Charles B. Hall Airpark at Tinker Air Force Base near Midwest City, Oklahoma. [176] 50779 – Gunter Annex in Montgomery, Alabama. [citation needed] 50793 – Minnesota Air National Guard Museum in St. Paul, Minnesota. [177]
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In June, VR-5 was commission at Seattle to provide service to Alaska with R4D and R5Ds. The next month, VR-1 at Norfolk, moved to the recently opened NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. Several months later, VR-8 was established, and took over VR-1s transport seaplane operations. That September, VR-11 formed at Naval Air Station Oakland.
Former United States Army Air Force aircraft serial number 41-20124 is a World War II era fully restored Douglas DC-3, owned by a private party and based at Marathon Key, FL.
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