What is Douglas C-47 Skytrain?
{|{{Infobox Aircraft Begin |name= C-47 Skytrain<br/>C-53 Skytrooper<br/>Dakota |image=File:C47 Skytrain - Duxford D-Day Show 2014 (cropped).jpg |caption= A C-47 over Duxford D-Day Show 2014 }}{{Infobox Aircraft Type |type=[[Military transport aircraft]] |national origin= [[United States]] |manufacturer=[[Douglas Aircraft Company]] |designer=[[Douglas Aircraft]] |first flight=23 December 1941<ref>[http://www.boeing.com/history/products/c-47-skytrain.page C-47 Skytrain Military Transport Historical Snapshot] ''Boeing''. Retrieved: 29 June 2017.</ref> |introduced= |retired= |status=In service in Colombia, Greece, El Salvador and South Africa |primary user= [[United States Army Air Forces]] |more users= [[Royal Air Force]]<br/>[[United States Navy]]<br/>[[Royal Canadian Air Force]]<br/>[[#Operators|See operators]] |produced=<!--years in production, e.g. 1970-1999, still in active use but no longer built--> |number built=10,174 |unit cost= |developed from = [[Douglas DC-3]] |variants with their own articles = [[Douglas XCG-17]]<br/>[[Douglas AC-47 Spooky]] |developed into= }} |} The '''C-47 Skytrain''' was an American [[cargo aircraft]] that could carry up to 3.5 tons. It was the military version of the DC-3. The C-47 was most notably used during [[World War II]] by the Allied to move troops, supplies and the wounded. During the [[Berlin Airlift]] in the [[Cold War]] C-47 planes carried food and other supplies to West Berlin, as all other methods of transport were blocked. ==References== {{reflist}} {{transport-stub}} [[Category:Douglas aircraft|C-47]] [[Category:World War II American aircraft]]