Dakota

E424465

aircraft type military transport aircraft

Dakota is the British Commonwealth name for the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, a military transport aircraft widely used by the Allies during World War II.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Dakota canonical	4

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft type ⓘ military transport aircraft ⓘ
aircraftCategory	piston-engined aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration	twin-engine monoplane ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ surface form: C-47 Dakota Dakota transport ⓘ Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
basedOn	Douglas DC-3 ⓘ
capacity	around 27 passengers ⓘ around 28 paratroopers ⓘ around 6,000 lb of cargo ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryOfDesignation	United Kingdom ⓘ
crew	3 ⓘ
derivedFrom	Douglas DC-3 ⓘ surface form: Douglas DC-3 airliner design
engineType	Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
enteredService	1941 ⓘ
firstFlight	1941 ⓘ
hasVariant	C-53 Skytrooper ⓘ Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ surface form: R4D (U.S. Navy designation)
landingGear	tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer	Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ
maxTakeoffWeight	approximately 14,000 kg ⓘ
notableOperation	Burma air supply operations ⓘ World War II airborne operations ⓘ surface form: D-Day airborne operations Operation Market Garden ⓘ
numberOfEngines	2 ⓘ
operator	Indian Air Force ⓘ Pakistan Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ South African Air Force ⓘ
primaryUser	Royal Air Force ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
role	cargo transport ⓘ medical evacuation aircraft ⓘ military transport ⓘ paratroop transport ⓘ troop transport ⓘ
status	many examples preserved in museums ⓘ some aircraft still flying in civilian roles ⓘ
usedBy	Allied forces ⓘ Commonwealth air forces ⓘ surface form: British Commonwealth air forces Royal Air Force ⓘ
usedIn	Berlin Airlift ⓘ Indo-Pakistani wars ⓘ surface form: India-Pakistan conflicts Indonesian National Revolution ⓘ Korean War ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Douglas C-47 Skytrain → alliedCodename → Dakota ⓘ

Douglas C-47 Skytrain → knownAs → Dakota ⓘ

Operation Redwing → notableTest → Dakota ⓘ

Joseph Kane → notableWork → Dakota ⓘ