Biohazzard56
2006-02-10, 08:01 PM
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History
Built Oklahoma City as c/n 12970 C-47-A-20-DK
Accepted and delivered to USAAF 8APR44
806th AAFBU (Baer Field, IN) 5MAY44
(fitted with SCR-717C Radar pod)
to 8th AAF (ETO) 28MAY44
to 9th AAF (TCC) 29MAY44
To Pathfinder School (Prov.) North Witham, UK
JUNE 6, 1944---As Chalk #17 carried Pathfinders of 2nd Battalion 508th PIR (82nd Airborne) to DZ N near Picauville, France.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1944---Lead aircraft in third serial of Pathfinder aircraft. Dropped Pathfinder team of 2nd Battalion 506th PIR (101st Airborne) for DZ A in operation Market-Garden.
DECEMBER 23, 1944---Flew with 39 other Pathfinder Group aircraft as part of 800+ plane resupply mission to 101st Airborne at Bastogne, Belgium.
MARCH 24, 1945---Flew with 11 other aircraft of 4th PF Sqn dropping Headquarters/1st Battalion 507th PIR (17th Airborne) on Operation VARSITY (The Rhine jump).
29MAY45 transferred to 98th Troop Carrier Squadron/440th Troop Carrier Group---current nose markings 8Y are 98/440.
To Finnish Air Lines---acquires name HAAHKA.
To Finnish Air Force---participates in filming of A BRIDGE TOO FAR as C7-1 and C3-N in England.
Sold to US freight concern, Burlington, VT. Acquires current O.D. paint and stripes.
This plane would have been one of the first to drop paratroopers into Normandy being that it dropped pathfinders
It dropped members of the 506th PIR, 101st AB at the same DZ as Easy company; during Market Garden
Resupplied Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge
AND IF THAT WASNT ENOUGH....It dropped members of the 17th Airborne into Germany, the 17th AB was the first unit to cross the rhine during Operation Varsity. That plane very well could have dropped the first GI into Nazi Germany.
History
Built Oklahoma City as c/n 12970 C-47-A-20-DK
Accepted and delivered to USAAF 8APR44
806th AAFBU (Baer Field, IN) 5MAY44
(fitted with SCR-717C Radar pod)
to 8th AAF (ETO) 28MAY44
to 9th AAF (TCC) 29MAY44
To Pathfinder School (Prov.) North Witham, UK
JUNE 6, 1944---As Chalk #17 carried Pathfinders of 2nd Battalion 508th PIR (82nd Airborne) to DZ N near Picauville, France.
SEPTEMBER 17, 1944---Lead aircraft in third serial of Pathfinder aircraft. Dropped Pathfinder team of 2nd Battalion 506th PIR (101st Airborne) for DZ A in operation Market-Garden.
DECEMBER 23, 1944---Flew with 39 other Pathfinder Group aircraft as part of 800+ plane resupply mission to 101st Airborne at Bastogne, Belgium.
MARCH 24, 1945---Flew with 11 other aircraft of 4th PF Sqn dropping Headquarters/1st Battalion 507th PIR (17th Airborne) on Operation VARSITY (The Rhine jump).
29MAY45 transferred to 98th Troop Carrier Squadron/440th Troop Carrier Group---current nose markings 8Y are 98/440.
To Finnish Air Lines---acquires name HAAHKA.
To Finnish Air Force---participates in filming of A BRIDGE TOO FAR as C7-1 and C3-N in England.
Sold to US freight concern, Burlington, VT. Acquires current O.D. paint and stripes.
This plane would have been one of the first to drop paratroopers into Normandy being that it dropped pathfinders
It dropped members of the 506th PIR, 101st AB at the same DZ as Easy company; during Market Garden
Resupplied Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge
AND IF THAT WASNT ENOUGH....It dropped members of the 17th Airborne into Germany, the 17th AB was the first unit to cross the rhine during Operation Varsity. That plane very well could have dropped the first GI into Nazi Germany.