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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="Shandor" data-source="post: 1776837" data-attributes="member: 50">War-torn Warbirds: 30 images of worn out, crashed or just plain lonely Dakotas<a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/c-47a-10-dk_4x-fnl_06_of_39"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/c-47a-10-dk_4x-fnl_06_of_39.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>The DC-3 did not go unnoticed by one of Douglas’s oldest customers — the U.S. Army.The military career of the Douglas DC series began in 1936 when the Army Air Corps ordered a pair of DC-2s under the designation C-32. A contract followed for 18 DC-2s in the C-33 freighter configuration and two more as C-34 staff transports. Then, in 1937, the Army ordered a plane built to its own specifications. It was a hybrid design that combined the fuselage of the DC-2 with a DC-3 tail. This was the sole C-38 prototype and it led to 35 production versions called the C-39. The C-39 represented the first serious effort by the Army to establish an airlift capability.By 1941 the old Air Corps had been transformed into the Army Air Forces, and it selected a modified version of the DC-3 — the C-47 Skytrain — to become its standard transport aircraft. A reinforced fuselage floor and the addition of a large cargo door were the only major modifications. Other changes included the fitting of cargo hooks beneath the centre wing section and the removal of the tail cone to mount a hook for towing gliders.[iframe style="border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: bottom;" id="google_ads_iframe_/6766078/WHOL_300x250_inline_0" height="280" marginHeight="0" src="javascript:"[/iframe]As a supply plane, the C-47 could carry up to 6,000 pounds of cargo. It could also hold a fully assembled jeep or a 37 mm cannon. As a troop transport, it carried 28 soldiers in full combat gear. As a medical airlift plane, it could accommodate 14 stretcher patients and three nurses. Seven basic versions were built, and the aircraft was given at least 22 designations, including the AC-47D gunship, the EC-47 electronic reconnaissance aircraft, the EC-47Q antiaircraft systems evaluation aircraft and the C-53 Skytrooper.Every branch of the U.S military and all the major allied powers flew it. The U.S. Navy version was the R4D. The British and the Australians designated it the Dakota (a clever acronym composed of the letters DACoTA for Douglas Aircraft Company Transport Aircraft). The aircraft operated from every continent in the world and participated in every major battle. By the end of World War II, more than 10,000 had been built. For all of its official and unofficial names, it came to be known universally as the “Gooney Bird” General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Europe, termed it one of the most vital pieces of military equipment used in winning the war.C-47s remained in active military service long after the end of World War II. They played a critical role in the 1948 Berlin Airlift and saw action in the Korean and Vietnam wars.You can read our book review of the Dakota Hunter <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/reviews/review-dakota-hunter-mark-barnes.html">here</a><a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/0_49386_291fad95_xxl-3"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/0_49386_291fad95_XXL.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/10-13"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/104.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/18hh69z3pfgzjjpg"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/18hh69z3pfgzjjpg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/45-1037"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/45-1037.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/27971"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/27971.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/1810307"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/1810307.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/54762511"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/54762511.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/battle_marketgarden54"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/battle_marketgarden54.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/bjorn_moerman_crashed_c47_bahamas"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/bjorn_moerman_crashed_c47_bahamas.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/c-47"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/C-47.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>The C-47 was vital to the success of many Allied campaigns, in particular those at Guadalcanal and in the jungles of New Guinea andBurma, where the C-47 (and its naval version, the R4D) made it possible for Allied troops to counter the mobility of the light-traveling Japanese army. Additionally, C-47s were used to airlift supplies to the embattled American forces during the Battle of Bastogne. Possibly its most influential role in military aviation, however, was flying “The Hump” from India into China. The expertise gained flying “The Hump” was later be used in the Berlin Airlift, in which the C-47 played a major role, until the aircraft were replaced by Douglas C-54 Skymasters.<a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/c47_echowhisky21-1"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/C47_EchoWhisky21-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/c47_gbfhb_blackbushe"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/c47_gbfhb_blackbushe.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/c-47a-10-dk_4x-fnl_06_of_39"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/c-47a-10-dk_4x-fnl_06_of_39.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/c47a2006"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/c47a2006.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/c47b2006"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/c47b2006.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/c47skytrain-001"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/c47skytrain-001.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/schnee-flugzeug-rega-gauligeltscher-gauli-gletscher"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Crashed-Dakota-from-sky.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/dakota-4"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Dakota.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/dakota-rescue"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Dakota-rescue.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/douglas_c-47_skytrain_02"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/douglas_c-47_skytrain_02.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>The C-47 was delivered in large numbers to U.S. allies under lend-lease. It was built under license in the Soviet Union, where it was designated the Lisunov Li-2 and remained the backbone of internal air transport well into the 1960s. The C-47 was a pillar of U.S. military airlift during the early stages of the Cold War, figuring large in the 1948 Berlin Airlift and in the Korean War (1950–53). C-47s were used in the Vietnam War as electronic warfare collection aircraft and as AC-47 gunships. Many hundreds remain in civil service today.<a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/dsc_6222af"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/DSC_6222af.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/images-1-3"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/images-13.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/images-43"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/images2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/malta_air_museum_2008-22"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Malta_Air_Museum_2008-22.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/maxresdefault-9"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/merlin_1"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/merlin_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/pic_dakotacrash"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Pic_DakotaCrash.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/pic_dakotawreck2"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Pic_DakotaWreck2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/plane-crash7"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/PLANE-CRASH7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/war-torn-warbirds-30-images-of-worn-out-crashed-or-just-plain-lonely-dakotas.html/attachment/wrecked-dc3-aircraft-cape-york"><img src="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/wrecked-dc3-aircraft-cape-york.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>You can read our book review of the Dakota Hunter <a href="http://www.warhistoryonline.com/reviews/review-dakota-hunter-mark-barnes.html">here</a></blockquote>

Verificación: Libertador de Argentina