Aircraft Photo of N47SJ / 348608 | Douglas C-47B Skytrain | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #142601
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N47SJ
Alternate Serial:348608
Military Code:CD
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47B Skytrain
C/n (msn):25869/14424
Display Paint:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Betsy's Biscuit Bomber / The Spirit of the American West
Location
City / Airport:Oxford - Waterbury-OxfordMap
Region / Country:Connecticut, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KOXC   IATA: OXC   Local: OXC   Other: -
 
Photo Date:18 May 2019
Photo by:Gary Vincent
Photo ID: 142601
Photo Comment

34-48608 rolled off the Douglas assembly line in the summer of 1944 and was delivered in September 1944. Too late to participate in D Day, the aircraft distinguished itself later during the Berlin Airlift where it received it's name. Pictured on display prior to the next day's departure to Gander, Canada as part of a 15 aircraft C-47 group to fly across the Atlantic to for the D Day 75th anniversary.

This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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