Aircraft Photo of 41-20054 | Douglas C-53 Skytrooper | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #227097
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:41-20054
Military Code:8 / VHCCC
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-53 Skytrooper
C/n (msn):4824
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Aircraft Name:Flamin Mamie
Location
Location:Not known
Country:Papua New Guinea
 
Photo Date:March 1942 to October 1942
Photo from:Civil Aviation Historical Society Collection (via Phil Vabre)
Photo ID: 227097
Photo Comment

Loading stores for the forward area, New Guinea 1942. From a batch of new C-53s shipped to Brisbane in Nov 41 under "Project X" to support US forces in the Philippines. Pearl Harbor clarified the situation and the C-53s were used between Australia, Philippines and Netherlands East Indies before taken over by the Directorate of Air Transport as callsign VHCCC.The aircraft was transferred to the RAAF from May 43 to Apr 44. It tipped on its nose landing at Nadzab on 28 Feb 44. Repaired it was transferred to Qantas Empire Airways in Jul 44 until Apr 46, when it returned to the USAAF.

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