List of Douglas C-47 Skytrain operators

Further information: Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Royal Air Force Dakota III
Two USAAF C-47A Skytrains over France, 1944
British paratroops inside C-47 Dakota, 1944

List of C-47 Skytrain operators includes the country, military service, known squadrons, and related data. The Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. The C-47 has served with over 90 countries outside of the United States:

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Operators

 Argentina

 Australia

Douglas C-47B, ex-RAAF A65-94, 2005

 Bangladesh

 Belgium

 Bolivia

 Brazil

Forca Aerea Brasileira Douglas C-47, at Museu Aeroespacial

 Cambodia

 Canada

C-47 RCAF YYF, 1967

 Colombia

Colombian Air Force AC-47 Fantasma, 2008

 Czechoslovakia

 Denmark

 Finland

This 1943 C-47 served as the President of Finland's official airplane in the 1970s, as Finnish Air Force DO-9.

 France

 Germany

 Greece

The single operational C-47 of the Hellenic Air Force.

The Hellenic Air Force's 355th and 356th Transport Squadrons operated over 80 ex-USAAF and ex-RAF aircraft received in 1947. These were widely used in the Greek Civil War (1946–49) in transport and bombing roles. The 13th Transport Flight used C-47s in the Korean War, earning a U.S. Presidential Citation. The 355/1 Tactical Transport Squadron in Thessaloniki has three aircraft, of which one (which has participated in the Korean War and is named Poseidon) remains operational.

 Haiti

 Honduras

A Honduran Douglas C-47A-20-DK Skytrain aircraft (FAH 304, c/n 12962, ex-USAF 42-93089) taking off for a joint US/Honduran parachute jump during a mobilization of US exercise "Task Force Dragon/Golden Pheasant" in 1988.

 Hungary

 India

 Indonesia

Iran

IIAF acquired 22 Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft at 1949.

 Israel

 Italy

 Japan

Shōwa L2D3, WW2 era

 Laos

 Mozambique

 Netherlands

 New Zealand

Royal New Zealand Air Force C-47

 Norway

 Pakistan

 Papua New Guinea

 Paraguay

 Philippines

 Poland

 Portugal

Section source: Geocities C-47[6]

The first Portuguese Dakota (where it was only known as the Dakota) was interned in 1944 and it remained the sole example in Portuguese service transporting military VIPs until September 1958 when additional Dakotas came from the United States. Portuguese Dakotas were used for a wide variety of roles including one aircraft (6155) used as a bomber during the Portuguese Colonial War, and two converted to spray pesticides. The Dakota was retired in 1976. One (6157) was preserved for the Museu do Ar (Air Museum).

Portuguese Air Force
Aeronáutica Militar (Army Military Aviation)

 Rhodesia

 South Africa

Douglas Dakota 6859, South African Air Force, 2008

 Southern Rhodesia

 South Korea

 Soviet Union

 Sweden

Swedish Air Force Tp 79 (C-47A)

The Swedish Air Force started using C-47s soon after World War II for transport purposes. A few were converted to SIGINT platforms and eavesdropped on Soviet radio communications and radar stations in the 1950s. One such aircraft was shot down by Soviet fighters in international airspace over the Baltic Sea in 1952 with all of the crew killed.[8]

 Thailand

 Turkey

 United Kingdom

 United States

C-47 transport planes, Operation Market Garden, 1944

 Venezuela

 Vietnam

Vietnam operated ex-South Vietnamese captured C-47s.

 Republic of Vietnam

 Yugoslavia

 Zimbabwe

See also

References

  1. pictorial
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ADF Serials list of Australian military DC-2s/DC-3s/C-47s retrieved 2010-06-19
  3. Aviation Safety Network
  4. aeroflight
  5. "SubFleets for: LAM Mozambique". AeroTransport Data Bank. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  6. Portugal Service
  7. Brouwer, Maarten. "Lisunov Li-2 (NATO: Cab)". Retrieved 2006-07-05.
  8. Bortom Horisonten : Svensk Flygspaning mot Sovjetunionen 1946-1952 by Andersson, Lennart, Hellström, Leif
  9. http://www.uscg.mil/history/aviation/Douglas/Douglas_R4D.pdf
  10. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N34---Douglas-DC3-Cockpit.jpg


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