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C-46 taking off, 1945

Photograph. Front view of a Curtiss C-46 Commando taking off from an airstrip.
C-46 taking off, 1945

Photograph. Front view of a Curtiss C-46 Commando taking off from an airstrip.
C-47 assigned to Lt. Gen. Daniel Sultan

Negative. Nose art of "Sultan's Magic Carpet" Douglas C-47 Skytrain assigned to Lieutenant General Daniel Sultan.
C-47 cruising above a runway

Negative. Douglas C-47 Skytrain cruising above a dirt runway. Presumably Burma [modern-day Myanmar]. No date
C-47 dropping supplies and ammunition to paratroopers, Corregidor Island, 1945

Photograph, aerial. Douglas C-47 dropping supplies and ammunition to paratroopers; bombed out buildings and parachutes cover the ground below.
C-47 flight crew in front of C-47

Photograph. Four members of a C-47 flight crew wear life vests and pose in front of C-47.
C-47 flight crew walking away from C-47

Photograph. Three members of a C-47 flight crew wearing life vests are walking away from C-47.
C-47 parked on the side of a runway at Hollandia Airfield, New Guinea, 1944

Photograph.
C-47 planes in formation dropping paratroopers

Photograph. View looking up at C-47 planes in formation dropping paratroopers. Presumably homefront training. No date
C-47 pulling glider across sky during Normandy invasion (Operation Overlord), English Channel, 6 June 1944

View looking up to C-47 pulling glider across sky; Normandy invasion stripes visible on both. Personal Caption (Front): "D Day.
C-47 taking off at Hollandia Airfield, New Guinea, 1944

Photograph. American serviceman running down the side of a runway as a Douglas C-47 prepares for takeoff.
C-47 taking off at Hollandia Airfield, New Guinea, 1944

Photograph. Douglas C-47 during takeoff at Hollandia Airfield, Hollandia, New Guinea, Dutch East Indies [modern-day Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia].