Hi,
As everyone knows the first DC-3 flew in 1935 but I’ve
scanned through many, many books on the DC-3 / C-47
and I cannot for the life of me locate a date of first flight
for the first military C-47?
It must have been in 1940 / 1941 but no day-month date
to the best of my knowledge has ever been published?
By: Papa Lima - 11th November 2008 at 17:05
Aerofiles reports the XC-53 as 1942, aircraft 42-6480.
By: pagen01 - 11th November 2008 at 16:48
Lisunov Li-2?
By: Newforest - 11th November 2008 at 16:44
Li-2 or L2D?:confused:
By: Joglo - 11th November 2008 at 09:26
A large order was placed in 1940 for the military DC-3, which was designated C-47 and became known as “Skytrain,” a name it would soon be asked to live up to.
http://www.warbirdalley.com/c47.htm
The notable difference was that the engines were changed to Pratt an Whitney from Wright Cyclones.
The C-53 Skytrooper, was a militarised DC-3, converted (obviously) to carry troops, also used as a glider tug and first delivered in late 1941, but the military C-47 didn’t arrive in service until early in 1942.
But what is this?:diablo:
By: daveg4otu - 10th November 2008 at 20:12
Dec. 23, 1941 – this is the C-47…but I believe the C-53 variant actually flew before this date….anyone know?
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