C-47 Skytrain Photographs | World War II Database

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Line drawing of the Douglas C-47 Skytrain cargo aircraft.	DC-2 passenger aircraft of China National Aviation Corporation on its maiden flight, over the pagoda of Longhua Temple, Shanghai, China, May 1935

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, date unknown

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.

US special envoy Wendell Willkie arriving in China, 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

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