This C-47A was built at Oklahoma City and Taken on Charge with the USAAF as 43-48254. In October 1947 the plane started flying with Aero O/Y (the forerunner to Finnair) as OH-LCF 'Kyytipoika'. Its military career resumed in February 1960 when it went to the Finnish AF as DO-4. The plane was earmaked for preservation and by May 1982 became part of the (predecessor museum to the) Suomen Ilmavoimamuseo.

Reregistered N182WC in March 1969.

Previously the "Cafe DC3" and now the "Cafe Aeroplano", this former Greek Air Force Dakota still acts as an "attraction" just outside the village of Aiginio, west of Thessaloniki.

The aircraft was delivered as a C-47A to the USAAF in Europe in 1944 as 42-93706. Post-WWII it was purchased by DNL-Det Norske Luftfartsselskap as LN-IAH and, in 1948, merged into Scandinavian Airlines as LN-IKH 'Hallvard Viking' and Linjeflyg as SE-CFR. In 1960. It was the purchased by the Flygvapnet and the plane served until the early 1980s, after which it came to the Flygvapenmuseum for display. placed at the Swedish Air Force Museum in Linköping.

Delivered in 1940 to Canadian Colonial Airways, which despite its name was a US airline from New York, although it had a Canadian subsidiary of the same name until 1942, when it was reorganised as Colonial Airlines. By 1947 it flew between Washington, DC and Ottawa, via Montreal, but also to Bermuda. Last registration of N(C)21758 was N1159S, destroyed by a hurricane in Puerto Rico in 1989. Photo from: Ingenium

Photo by Alec Travers.

The story of this aircraft can be found at: https://www.douglasdc3.com/shuttle/shuttle.htm

The ship was partially dismantled in 2018 and may have been scrapped. Further information, possibly from local spotters, is very welcome.

Two DC-3 being transferred from MMA to Ansett Airlines of Papua New Guinea (the other was VH-MMD) were painted in this much simplified variation of the standard Ansett livery. Both aircraft were later repainted in the full livery.

Operated by Qantas crews under contract to the USAAF on a courier service between Brisbane to Papua New Guinea. The "civil" registration was a radio callsign and the aircraft were not civil registered. 43-15436 was returned to the USAAF after the American headquarters were moved to the Philippines and the need to use civilian pilots diminished.

Ex 42-24211 with the USAAF and operated during the inbvasion of Sicily in July/September 1943. To Algerienne de Transports Aeriens in June 1948 as F-BEFA. Later to a few other owners, keeping this registration. To Royal Air MAroc around June 1957 as CN-CCL. To The Royal Moroccan Air Force as 20669/CN-ALM. To Keenair around July 1978 as N54607. Cancelled in August 1988 and became G-BPMP around February 1989. Withdrawn from use and scheduled for restoration, which was suspended due to the Gulf War. In December 1992 corrosion was discovered, so the frame was sold to Air Atlantique for spares. Scrapped in April1995, although the nose section clearly lives on.

Ex G-AMCA

Delivered to the USAAF as 42-92449, after the war civilianized as F-BEFB, joined the French Air Force as 92449, again F-BEFB before joining the Musée de l'Air who gave it this identity.

On display in reception area of All Nippon maintenance hangar.

On display in reception area of All Nippon maintenance hangar.