Douglas DC-3/C-47/R4D-6S

Douglas DC-3/C-47/R4D-6S (HM2HSD)

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N 33° 39.459', W 101° 50.021'

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Before the U.S. entered World War II, the civilian aircraft known as the CF-3 had already flown over 300 million miles in domestic service.

The DC-3 was the only transport aircraft being manufactured in large quantities at the beginning of the war. The popular DC-3 was designated as the C-47 by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It was the most used allied transport during the Second World War.

Around the world, the C-47 served by transporting food, fuel, ammunition, vehicles, medical supplies; evacuating wounded; dropping paratroopers; and towing more gliders than any other aircraft, time and again, it proved itself to be safe and reliable.

This aircraft, S/N-17278, started out as a C-47B ordered on a USAAF 1942 wartime procurement contract at the Douglas Oklahoma City Plant. It was one of 148 U.S. C-47B's that were diverted to the U.S. Navy and re-designated as a R4D-68. The "S" suffice identified that it was outfitted as a submarine search aircraft. It flew along the eastern U.S. Seaboard. Aircraft is on loan courtesy National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia.
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HM NumberHM2HSD
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Placed ByNational WWII Glider Pilots Association, Inc. Texas Aviation heritage Foundation, Inc. Silent Wings Museum Foundation, Inc. Lubbock Aero, City of Lubbock
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Date Added Thursday, June 13th, 2019 at 2:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 237228 N 3727801
Decimal Degrees33.65765000, -101.83368333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 39.459', W 101° 50.021'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 39' 27.54" N, 101° 50' 1.26" W
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