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C-47 transport plane in fight, 1942-45

Douglas C-47 Skytrain, with wheels down, in low altitude flight. View is from the ground and there is smoke at the bottom of the image. 1942-45
C-47 transport plane parked near a building and vehicles, location unknown, 1941-45

View of the front of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport plane parked on tarmac near some buildings.
C-47s and CG-4As preparing for take-off, Germany, 1945

Photograph. Rows of parked Douglas C-47 Skytrains and Waco CG-4As parked at an air base.
C-47s parked on a runway

Negative. Several Douglas C-47 Skytrains parked on a dirt runway. Location unknown. No date
C-47s parked on a runway

Negative. Overexposed. Several Douglas C-47 Skytrains parked on a dirt runway. Location unknown. No date
C-47s parked on a runway

Negative. Several Douglas C-47 Skytrains parked on a dirt runway. Location unknown. No date
C-47s parked on a runway

Negative. Several Douglas C-47 Skytrains parked on a dirt runway. Location unknown. No date
C-47s ready for an airborne invasion, 1945

Photograph. Rows of Douglas C-47 Skytrains parked on a runway; the doors of the planes are open.
C-54 Skymaster on Guam in 1945

American C-54 Skymaster cargo plane on runway in Guam. "C-54 - Cargo plane - parking stand. Guam." Probably 1945
C-54 Skymaster taking off on Tinian in late 1945

C-54 Skymaster taking off of runway; probably on Tinian in late 1945
C-54 Skymaster taking off on Tinian in late 1945

Three B-29 superfortresses flying in formation; probably off Tinian in late 1945, as seen from another aircraft in flight
C-54 Skymaster transport plane at Kalaikunda airbase in India on 27 October 1945

C-54 Skymaster transport plane. "C-54 Kalikunda Airbase. Oct. 27-45." Kalaikunda, India. 27 October 1945.