Registration / Serial:41-38665
Alternate Serial:138665
Military Code:86
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
C/n (msn):6026
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1943
Photo from:RAScholefield Collection
Photo ID:12175Submit Correction
View count: 398
C-47 of 41 Troop Carrier Squadron of the USAAF's 5th Air Force at a remote airfield in PNG in 1943. Named "Queenie", it is being closely examined by a group of indigenous people as bigwigs pose for their photo. The aircraft survived the war only to be scrapped in 1947 after its arduous service. From Douglas 60 years ago.
Registration / Serial:41-38665
Alternate Serial:138665
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
C/n (msn):6026
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1943
Photo from:RAScholefield Collection
Registration / Serial:41-38665
Alternate Serial:138665
Military Code:86
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
C/n (msn):6026
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1943
Photo from:RAScholefield Collection
Photo ID:12175Submit Correction
View count: 398
C-47 of 41 Troop Carrier Squadron of the USAAF's 5th Air Force at a remote airfield in PNG in 1943. Named "Queenie", it is being closely examined by a group of indigenous people as bigwigs pose for their photo. The aircraft survived the war only to be scrapped in 1947 after its arduous service. From Douglas 60 years ago.
Registration / Serial:41-38665
Alternate Serial:138665
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47 Skytrain
C/n (msn):6026
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location:Not known
Country:Papua New Guinea
Photo Date:1943
Photo from:RAScholefield Collection