- The Douglas C 47 Skytrain
The C47 transport, commonly referred to as Gooney Bird, was one of four weapons singled out by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as the most instrumental in helping the US win World War II. The others were the bazooka, the jeep, and the atomic bomb. The C 47 ...
http://www.military.cz/usa/air/war/transport/c47/c47_en.htm
| | - The C 47 Skytrain Military Transport
The DC3 did not go unnoticed by one of Douglass 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 DC2s under the designation C32. A contract followed for 18 DC2s in t ...
http://www.boeing.com/history/mdc/skytrain.htm
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