Douglas C-47 Skytrain

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military transport aircraft twin-engine propeller-driven aircraft

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain is a military transport aircraft, derived from the DC-3 airliner, that became a workhorse for Allied forces in World War II and beyond.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Douglas C-47 Skytrain canonical 15
C-47 Skytrain 9
C-47 Dakota 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military transport aircraft ⓘ
twin-engine propeller-driven aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ
airframeMaterial all-metal construction ⓘ
alliedCodename Dakota ⓘ
category World War II military aircraft of the United States ⓘ
transport aircraft of World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crew 3 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed approximately 290 km/h ⓘ
derivedFrom Douglas C-47 Skytrain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Douglas DC-3
engineConfiguration two radial piston engines ⓘ
engineType Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
surface form: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp
era 1940s ⓘ
firstFlight 1941-12-23 ⓘ
influenced postwar civilian DC-3 conversions ⓘ
introduced 1941 ⓘ
knownAs Dakota ⓘ
Gooney Bird ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed approximately 360 km/h ⓘ
notableOperation Berlin Airlift ⓘ
D-Day ⓘ
surface form: D-Day Normandy landings
numberBuilt over 10000 ⓘ
operatedBy civilian airlines postwar ⓘ
passengerCapacity around 28 troops ⓘ
primaryUser United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
propulsion propeller-driven ⓘ
range approximately 2400 km ⓘ
role cargo transport ⓘ
medical evacuation aircraft ⓘ
paratroop transport ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
serviceEntry early 1940s ⓘ
status some examples still in service ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tail ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
usedFor airborne assault operations ⓘ
glider towing ⓘ
supply drops ⓘ
usedInConflict Korean War ⓘ
Vietnam War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

The Hump airlift over the Himalayas → usedAircraft → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Operation Vittles → uses → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Northrop X-21 → airframeOrigin → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas DC-3 derivative
Cactus Air Force → operatedAircraft → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Air Transport Command → aircraftUsed → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas C‑47 Skytrain
The Hump → notableAircraftType → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-47 Skytrain
Douglas C-47 Skytrain → derivedFrom → Douglas C-47 Skytrain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas DC-3
Italian Co-belligerent Air Force → usedAircraft → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-47 Skytrain
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum → hasNotableAircraft → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Douglas C-47 Dakota
1st Air Commando Group → aircraftUsed → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-47 Skytrain
Douglas Aircraft Company → notableProduct → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Curtiss C-46 Commando → contemporaryOf → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Civil Air Transport → aircraftUsed → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam Air Force → usedAircraft → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-47 Skytrain
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine → notableApplication → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
subject surface form: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp
Cuban Air Force → usedAircraft → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-47 Skytrain
4th Special Operations Squadron → aircraftOperated → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Waco CG-4 glider → tugAircraft → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
subject surface form: Waco CG-4
this entity surface form: C-47 Skytrain
Operation Fustian → aircraftUsed → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Airspeed Horsa glider → towedBy → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
subject surface form: Airspeed Horsa
Operation Varsity → aircraftUsed → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Air America → aircraftUsed → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-47 Skytrain
Royal Lao Air Force → usedAircraftType → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-47 Skytrain
Haitian Air Force → operatedAircraft → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
American Air Museum in Britain → hasExhibit → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
The Aluminum Trail → aircraftTypeUsed → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-47 Skytrain
Dakota → alsoKnownAs → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Dakota → alsoKnownAs → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: C-47 Dakota
Dakota → hasVariant → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
this entity surface form: R4D (U.S. Navy designation)
Gooney Bird → refersTo → Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ