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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  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. 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 ...

  6. 1944 Neuleiningen Douglas DC-3 shootdown - Wikipedia

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    On 24 September 1944, a Douglas C-47 Dakota operated by the Royal Air Force was shot down over Neuleiningen by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 after it veered off course into Germany, killing all 23 occupants on board. [1]

  7. On D-Day, remembering three ‘Angels of Omaha’ who ... - AOL

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    The single most important day of the 20th century was 79 years ago on June 6, 1944, during the pinnacle of World War II. It will forever be remembered as D-Day, but the official code name was ...

  8. No. 46 Group RAF - Wikipedia

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    The main aircraft used in No. 46 Group was the Douglas Dakota. On 10 June 1944, two aircraft of No. 1697 (Air Despatch Letter Service) Flight , a unit of No. 46 Group equipped with modified Hawker Hurricane , a single-seat fighter aircraft , to deliver secret mail and small equipment to the Normandy beachheads, had the honor to become the first ...

  9. D-Day (2004 video game) - Wikipedia

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    D-Day is a real-time tactics game, that is set during and after the Normandy D-Day landings in 1944. The game features fully rendered 3D viewable from different angles. The player can take control of up to 60 different units, from snipers, to flamethrower units, and can take control of wheeled and tracked units.