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Old 06-21-2020, 11:17 AM   #109
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Originally Posted by CWtheMan View Post
There were more than 10,000 of these little cargo planes built. They were used in the civilian version as a DC3. In the USAAF/USAF designated C-47. And by the Navy and Marines designation R4D.

#1 – Laughlin AFB, Del Rio, TX
#2 – Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, SD
#3 – Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ

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Your first picture is not a DC-3/C-47.

It is a Beechcraft Model 18. The Air Force called it a C-45 and the Navy called it an SNB.
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