Douglas Dakota aircraft
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The Douglas Dakota aircraft is a military transport plane, known in civilian service as the Douglas DC-3, widely used during and after World War II for cargo and troop transport.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Douglas Dakota | 9 |
| Douglas CC-129 Dakota | 1 |
| Douglas Dakota (Battle of Britain Memorial Flight) | 1 |
| Douglas Dakota aircraft canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4766890 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Douglas Dakota aircraft Context triple: [Operation Plainfare, uses, Douglas Dakota aircraft]
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A.
De Havilland Dragon
The De Havilland Dragon was a 1930s British twin-engined biplane airliner widely used for short-haul passenger and mail services.
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B.
Avro Shackleton
The Avro Shackleton was a British long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed in the post-World War II era and operated primarily by the Royal Air Force.
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C.
Handley Page Victor
The Handley Page Victor was a British Cold War-era strategic bomber later adapted as an aerial refueling tanker, notable for its role supporting long-range missions such as the Falklands War Black Buck raids.
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D.
Vickers Viscount airliner
The Vickers Viscount airliner was a pioneering British turboprop passenger aircraft renowned for its smooth, quiet operation and widespread use by airlines worldwide in the 1950s and 1960s.
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E.
Handley Page Halifax
The Handley Page Halifax was a British four‑engined heavy bomber used extensively by the Royal Air Force during World War II for strategic bombing, maritime patrol, and special operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Douglas Dakota aircraft Target entity description: The Douglas Dakota aircraft is a military transport plane, known in civilian service as the Douglas DC-3, widely used during and after World War II for cargo and troop transport.
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A.
De Havilland Dragon
The De Havilland Dragon was a 1930s British twin-engined biplane airliner widely used for short-haul passenger and mail services.
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B.
Avro Shackleton
The Avro Shackleton was a British long-range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed in the post-World War II era and operated primarily by the Royal Air Force.
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C.
Handley Page Victor
The Handley Page Victor was a British Cold War-era strategic bomber later adapted as an aerial refueling tanker, notable for its role supporting long-range missions such as the Falklands War Black Buck raids.
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D.
Vickers Viscount airliner
The Vickers Viscount airliner was a pioneering British turboprop passenger aircraft renowned for its smooth, quiet operation and widespread use by airlines worldwide in the 1950s and 1960s.
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E.
Handley Page Halifax
The Handley Page Halifax was a British four‑engined heavy bomber used extensively by the Royal Air Force during World War II for strategic bombing, maritime patrol, and special operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aircraft
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military transport aircraft ⓘ |
| airframeMaterial | all-metal ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dakota
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Douglas C-47 Skytrain NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas DC-3 (military variant) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
World War II transport aircraft
ⓘ
low-wing aircraft ⓘ twin piston-engined tractor aircraft ⓘ |
| civilianDerivative | Douglas DC-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continuedUse | post-World War II transport ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | 2 to 3 ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | twin-engine ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| enteredService | late 1930s ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1935 ⓘ |
| influence | set standard for military transport aircraft design ⓘ |
| landingGear | taildragger ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Douglas Aircraft Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maxSpeed | around 370 km/h ⓘ |
| militaryDesignationUS | C-47 Skytrain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NATOReportingName | Dakota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableOperation |
Burma campaign air supply
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D-Day airborne operations NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Market Garden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | over 10000 (all DC-3/C-47 variants) ⓘ |
| primaryEraOfUse | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | propeller-driven ⓘ |
| range | around 2400 km ⓘ |
| role |
cargo transport
ⓘ
medical evacuation ⓘ paratroop transport ⓘ troop transport ⓘ |
| serviceCeiling | around 7300 m ⓘ |
| status | some examples still flying ⓘ |
| typicalCapacity |
around 2000 to 3000 kg of cargo
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around 28 paratroops ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Royal Air Force
ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Canadian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Berlin Airlift
NERFINISHED
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World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| wingConfiguration | low-wing monoplane ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Douglas Dakota aircraft Description of subject: The Douglas Dakota aircraft is a military transport plane, known in civilian service as the Douglas DC-3, widely used during and after World War II for cargo and troop transport.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.