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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-8 R4D-5 and R4D-6 aircraft fitted with modified wings and re-designed tail surfaces; re-designated C-117D in 1962. R4D-8L R4D-8 converted for Antarctic use, re-designated LC-117D in 1962. R4D-8T R4D-8 converted as crew trainers, re-designated TC-117D in 1962. R4D-8Z R4D-8 converted as a staff transport, re-designated VC-117D in 1962. Dakota ...
R4D-8 R4D-5 and R4D-6 remanufactured aircraft with stretched fuselage, Wright R-1820 engines, fitted with modified wings and redesigned tail surfaces; redesignated C-117D in 1962 R4D-8L R4D-8 converted for Antarctic use, redesignated LC-117D in 1962 R4D-8T R4D-8 converted as crew trainers, redesignated TC-117D in 1962 R4D-8Z
The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Saigon to Quảng Ngãi Airport. [141] November 21, 1973: Douglas R4D-8 17171 None Made a forced landing on a sandur in Vestur-Skaftafellssýsla and was abandoned.
The aircraft, serial number 17171, was designated C-117D and was based on the Super DC-3, first flown in 1944. [1] This R4D-8 was built as an R4D-5 (msn 12554) and converted to R4D-8 (msn 43309) in November 1951. All R4D-8 aircraft still extant were re-designated as C-117D in the tri-service designation system introduced from 18 September 1962.
The U.S. Navy had 100 of its early R4Ds converted to Super DC-3 standard during the early 1950s as the Douglas R4D-8/C-117D. ... C-53, and R4D aircraft rebuilt by ...
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. 43-48608 Betsy's Biscuit Bomber – Estrella Warbirds Museum in Paso Robles, California ...
The Douglas TBD Devastator was an American torpedo bomber of the United States Navy.Ordered in 1934, it first flew in 1935 and entered service in 1937. At that point, it was the most advanced aircraft flying for the Navy, being the first metal monoplane in the United States Navy [1]; however, by the time of the US entry into World War 2, the TBD was already outdated.