The Douglas C-47 Skytrain, C-53 Skytrooper, and C-47 Dakota (RAF designation) are military transport aircraft that were developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. Used extensively by the Allies during World War II, including license-built Russian Lisunov Li-2, and civilian DC-3s modified and pressed into military service, the planes proved to be quite versatile and robust, serving as transporters of personnel, cargo, and wounded. The C-53 Skytrooper variant was used in vast numbers later in the war, towing gliders and dropping paratroops. By the time production ceased in 1952, over 16,000 of these aircraft had been produced and remain in use all over the world to this very day.
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Placid Lassie – Honoring Airborne Heritage
The annual Airborne Awards Festival took place over the weekend of April 19th – 21st, 2018 at Fort Benning near Columbus, Georgia. Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment hosted the event, which featured […]
