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C-47

USA

Skytrain

First flight

1941

ROLE

Strategic / Tactical

776

Crashed

Total in database

18

info

Land Leased

Displays

0

Design country

USA

Variant
First Flight
Max Speed
Max Range
Max Weght
Max Celling:
Wing Span
length
height
C-47D
01/01/1945
224
1600
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
L2D
01/01/1939
219
1300
25000
22000
94.5
62.0
16.7
Li-2
01/01/1939
211
1200
25200
21000
95.0
62.0
17.0
Dakota Mk I
01/01/1941
224
1600
25200
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
C-47
01/01/1941
224
1600
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
VC-47
01/01/1942
224
1600
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
C-47A
01/01/1942
224
1600
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
Dakota Mk II
01/01/1942
215
1500
25200
22000
95.0
64.5
16.9
C-47B
01/01/1942
224
1600
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
R4D-1
01/01/1942
224
1500
25200
22000
95.0
64.5
16.9
Dakota Mk III
01/01/1942
224
1600
25200
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
TC-47
01/01/1943
224
1600
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
SC-47
01/01/1943
224
1600
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
R4D-3
01/01/1943
224
1500
25200
22000
95.0
64.5
16.9
Dakota Mk IV
01/01/1943
95.0
64.5
16.9
R4D-5
01/01/1943
224
1500
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
17.0
C-47C
01/01/1943
205
1200
25500
21000
95.0
64.5
17.0
R4D-6
01/01/1944
224
1500
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
17.0
C-47R
01/01/1944
224
1400
26000
22000
95.0
64.5
16.9
C-47E
01/01/1944
215
1400
26000
22000
95.0
64.5
17.0
R4D-7
01/01/1944
224
1400
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
17.0
C-47K
01/01/1944
224
1400
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
C-47K
01/01/1944
224
1400
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
RC-47
01/01/1944
224
1600
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
C-47J
01/01/1945
210
1600
26000
22000
95.0
64.5
16.9
C-47F
01/01/1946
215
1400
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
17.0
C-47L
01/01/1950
224
1600
26000
24000
95.0
64.5
16.9
C-47S
01/01/1950
210
1400
26000
22000
95.0
64.5
17.0
R4D-8 (C-117)
01/01/1951
275
2100
29000
25000
95.0
76.4
17.5
C-47M
01/01/1960
224
1400
26000
22000
95.0
64.5
17.0
AC-47
01/01/1964
200
1500
26000
20000
95.0
64.5
17.0
EC-47
01/01/1965
220
1400
26000
22000
95.0
64.5
17.0

The C-47D designation was applied postwar to C-47Bs that had their high-altitude engines replaced with the standard R-1830-92 engines, effectively reverting to C-47A performance levels.

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