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Bookmark or Share- Last D-Day C-47 Pathfinder Pilot Dies at 102 - Air Force MagazineThe Pathfinder aircrews used a suite of cutting-edge radar and radio navigation equipment. One was the SCR-717 microwave navigation radar, which, according to the National Air & Space Museum, involved a rotating dish in a radome mounted below the C-47. The dish emitted radar waves that reflected off the terrain and gave the navigator a picture of the shorelines, rivers, roads, and cities below ...
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain - WikipediaThe Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the war the C-47 was used for troop transport, cargo, paratrooper, for towing gliders and military cargo parachute drops
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Dakota history, Gooney Bird deployment ...Douglas C-47 Skytrain history, design, specifications, deployment, museums, and photographs.
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain | The National WWII Museum | New OrleansLearn more about the Douglas C-47, used as a cargo transport to fly the notorious “Hump” over the Himalayas, as well as carrying paratroops into combat.
- D-Day and the Douglas C-47 - National Air and Space MuseumAffectionately known as the "Gooney Bird," the C-47 was the primary military transport of the Allies during the Second World War. More than 10,000 were built, with most serving with the Army Air Forces as the C-47 Skytrain, the U.S. Navy as the R4D, and the Royal Air Force as the Dakota.
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