C-47 Skytrain Photographs | World War II Database

107 items in this album on 6 pages.


Damaged DC-3 aircraft at Suifu, Sichuan Province, China, 1941	DC-2 passenger aircraft at Loiwing (Leiyun) airfield, Yunnan Province, China, date unknown

Japanese L2D3 transport aircraft at rest, date unknown	Japanese Navy L2D C-1 transport aircraft in flight over China, 1940s

Nationalist-Chinese soldiers looking at the Blood Chit on the back of an American officer at a Chinese airfield, 1942. Note the C-47 Skytrain.	Cargo loaded in a C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico while in transit to the European Theater, 1942.

F5 photo reconnaissance aircraft on an airstrip at Amchitka, Aleutian Islands, 7 May 1942; note C-47 transport aircraft in background	Waco CG-4A glider and C-47 Skytrains on the Big Springs Auxiliary Air Field, Big Springs, Texas, United States, 1942.

Wounded from Battle of Midway being offloaded from a C-53 variant of C-47 aircraft at Hickam Field, Oahu, US Territory of Hawaii, 7 Jun 1942; note Jeep and WC-9 ambulance	Douglas Aircraft Company employee working on the port engine of a C-47 Skytrain aircraft, Long Beach, California, United States, Oct 1942

Aerial view of the tower, hangars, and pad at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico, 1943. Aircraft seen include C-46, C-47, C-54, B-17, B-25, B-18, B-34, A-20, and perhaps others.	US Marine Corps R4D Skytrains and a rare Douglas R3D at Navy Auxiliary Air Station at Camp Kearny, California (now Miramar), 1943. Note the R3D doorway modified for Marine paratroopers, only 4 such planes existed

Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Note the CG-4A in tow taking off.	Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 1 of 5

Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 2 of 5	Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 3 of 5

Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 4 of 5	Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 5 of 5

Almost 40 C-47 Skytrain aircraft at a training airstrip in Texas, United States, 1943.	C-47 Skytrain aircraft towing CG-4A glider off an Algerian airstrip, Feb-Jun 1943