Douglas C-47A Skytrain ‘292847 / 3X-W‘ “That’s All Brother” (N47TB) : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Douglas C-47A Skytrain ‘292847 / 3X-W‘ “That’s All Brother” (N47TB) / HawkeyeUK
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
|---|---|
| 説明 | c/n 12693Built in March 1944 as a C-47A-15-DK with the US military serial 42-92847.Delivered to the Ninth Air Force in April 1944 and flew with the 87th Troop Carrier Squadron, part of the 438th Troop Carrier Group based at Greenham Common. Here she was modified with SCR-717 navigational equipment for use as a pathfinder. As such, she flew as lead aircraft for the D-Day invasion, dropping paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division. Despite being hit by flak she flew a second mission later the same day, this time as a glider tug.She later took part in Operation Dragoon and Operation Market Garden, flew supply missions during the Battle of the Bulge and finally dropped more paratroopers during Operation Varsity. She returned to the USA in August 1945 and by the end of the year had become NC88874 in commercial use.She then had a large number of civil operators, with bases in Alabama, Arkansas, Georiga, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York and Oregon.By 1999 she was part of the Aero Heritage Museum at Mesa, Falcon Field, Arizona. When I saw her there in February 2003 she was wearing full Vietnam era camoflage and was fitted with replica Gatling guns, representing an AC-47 Spooky.Sold to Basler in 2008, she was flown to Oshkosh, WI, for turboprop conversion but was stored instead. Rescued by the Commemorative Air Force in 2015, she underwent a complete restoration to original WW2 condition, both inside and out. She flew again in January 2018, now in a very authentic recreation of her original colours and markings.She was one of several ‘Daks’ to fly to Europe from the United States in 2019 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day and the 70th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift. She is seen taxiing in after landing at Old Warden as one of seven which visited for the Shuttleworth Collections ‘D-Day Anniversary Airshow’, held the following day.Old Warden Aerodrome, Bedfordshire, UK1st June 2019 |
| 撮影日 | 2019-06-01 15:57:36 |
| 撮影者 | HawkeyeUK , Peterborough, Cambs, UK |
| 撮影地 | Old Warden, England, UK 地図 |
| カメラ | NIKON D5500 , NIKON CORPORATION |
| 露出 | 0.005 sec (1/200) |
| 開放F値 | f/11.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 116 mm |