43-15509
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UPL 34876
C-47 Skytrain (serial number 43-10559) outside at IWM Duxford, 2015.
Image courtesy of Peter Green
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
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Troop Carrier
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 316th Troop Carrier Group 37th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Places
- Site type: USAAF heritage site
- Known as: AAM
- Site type: Airfield
Missions
- Date: 6 June 1944
- Official Description:
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other D-day |
Normandy, France | 6 June 1944 | |
Manufactured |
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Delivered |
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Assigned |
Cottesmore, Oakham LE15, UK | ||
Other Operation Market Garden |
Arnhem, Netherlands | ||
Other |
Germany | ||
Assigned |
American Air Museum, IWM Duxford, Cambridge |