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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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   43-30652 Whiskey 7 – National Warplane Museum in Geneseo, New York. This aircraft was a lead plane in Mission Boston during the airborne invasion of Normandy during D-Day. [128] [129] 43-48080 – Avionics Engineering Center of Ohio University in Albany, Ohio. It is painted in a civilian scheme. [130] [131] C-47B/R4D-6

5. 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 ...

6. D-Day veteran who helped liberate Bergen-Belsen dies aged 104

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   A D-Day veteran who helped liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp has died aged 104. Donald ‘Don’ Sheppard, a dispatch rider for the Royal Engineers, landed on Juno beach on June 6 1944 ...

7. ‘Larger-than-life’ D-Day veteran George Chandler dies aged 99

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   A D-Day veteran who served as a torpedo boat gunner escorting American forces has died at the age of 99. George Chandler, from Burgess Hill, West Sussex, who lost his sight in later life, was to ...

8. 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 ...

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]