43-15509

media-34876.jpeg UPL 34876 C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-10559) outside at IWM Duxford, 2015.

Image courtesy of Peter Green

Object Number - UPL 34876 - C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-10559) outside at IWM Duxford, 2015.

This C-47 (C-47A-85-DL) was delivered to the USAAF in April 1944, and served with

the 316th Troop Carrier Group of the Ninth Air Force. Assigned to the 37th Troop Carrier

Squadron, 43-15509 operated from Cottesmore in Rutland for a year. It dropped troops over Normandy in June 1944, Holland in September 1944 and Germany in March 1945. Bud Rice was its pilot on several flights. It was used as a commercial airliner after the war.

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 316th Troop Carrier Group 37th Troop Carrier Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Places

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Other

D-day

Normandy, France 6 June 1944

Manufactured

Delivered

Assigned

Cottesmore, Oakham LE15, UK

Other

Operation Market Garden

Arnhem, Netherlands

Other

Germany

Assigned

American Air Museum, IWM Duxford, Cambridge

Revisions

Date
ContributorEmily
Changes
Sources

IWM Collection 2010.80.1

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