The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II. During the war the C-47 was used for troop transport, cargo, paratrooper, for towing gliders and military cargo parachute drops

C-47运输机（英文：C-47 transport aircraft，绰号：空中火车），是20世纪30年代美国道格拉斯公司研制的一种双发螺旋桨运输机。C-47运输机由DC-3客机改装而成，C-47运输机于1935年12月原型机首次试飞，1940年开始装备部队。该机相继有多个型别投产问世，总共生产10123架。

道格拉斯C-47空中火車（Skytrain，或稱空中列車，英文又名Dakota）是由DC-3民用客機衍生而成的軍用運輸機，為二戰盟軍廣泛採用的機种之一，並一直採用至1950年代，時至今日仍然服役於少數國家。

2025年2月4日 · 道格拉斯C-47空中火车（Skytrain，或称空中列车，英文又名Dakota）是由DC-3民用客机衍生而成的军用运输机，为二战盟军广泛采用的机种之一，并一直采用至1950年代，时至今日仍然服役于少数国家。

2025年3月1日 · C-47, U.S. military transport aircraft that served in all theatres during World War II and continued in service long afterward. It was used to haul cargo, transport troops, drop paratroops, tow gliders, and as a flying ambulance. The C-47 was a military adaptation of the Douglas DC-3, a

Douglas C-47 Skytrain history, design, specifications, deployment, museums, and photographs.

C‑47 production required new factory techniques that fit war‑time mass production needs. Douglas engineers made radical, innovative, and daring changes to speed up production and make the transition from airliner to warbird.

2017年9月15日 · We’re in a Douglas C-47 Dakota built in 1945, owned first by the U.S. Army, and later by the University of Michigan. Today she flies from Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti as a living artifact of...

Douglas C-47 Dakota operated by Canadian Warplane Heritage, taxiing in at Parry Sound Airport, 9 September 2023. (IWM Photo, BU 921) An USAAF C-47 aircraft, hit by flak returning from the Market-Garden drop, burns after crash-landing into a knocked-out German Jagdpanther in a field near Gheel in Belgium.

The Douglas C47 Dakota is one of the most successful military transport aircraft designs in history, and was widely used by the Allies during World War Two. The Flight’s Dakota ZA947, named ‘Kwicherbichen’ by her crews, conducted paradropping operations on the eve of D-Day, plus missions to evacuate casualties and re-supply forces.