Douglas Dakota aircraft

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aircraft military transport aircraft

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Douglas Dakota 9
Douglas CC-129 Dakota 1
Douglas Dakota (Battle of Britain Memorial Flight) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

No. 11 Squadron RAAF → aircraftOperated → Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas Dakota
No. 30 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas Dakota
RAF Transport Command → aircraftOperated → Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas Dakota
No. 38 Group RAF → aircraftTypeOperated → Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas Dakota
No. 46 Group RAF → aircraftTypeOperated → Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas Dakota
RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire → basedAircraftType → Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ
subject surface form: RAF Coningsby
this entity surface form: Douglas Dakota
National Air Force Museum of Canada → hasNotableAircraft → Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas CC-129 Dakota
No. 24 Squadron RAF → historicalAircraft → Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas Dakota
84 Squadron RAF → historicalAircraft → Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 84 Squadron RAF
this entity surface form: Douglas Dakota
RAF Coningsby → hostsAircraftType → Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas Dakota (Battle of Britain Memorial Flight)
No. 216 Squadron RAF → operatedAircraft → Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas Dakota
Operation Plainfare → uses → Douglas Dakota aircraft ⓘ