SKYTRAIN/43-30652
Serial #: 43-30652
Construction #: 13803
Civil Registration:
NC65135
N65135
CF-RTB
C-FRTB
N345AB
Construction #: 13803
Civil Registration:
NC65135
N65135
CF-RTB
C-FRTB
N345AB
Model(s):
C-47A-70-DL Skytrain
Name: Whiskey 7
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2019
C-47A-70-DL Skytrain
Name: Whiskey 7
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2019
History:
Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 43-30652.
Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 43-30652.
- Assigned to the 37th TCS, 316th TCG.
- Transferred to the 12th AF in the Mediterranean.
- Transferred to the 37th TCS, 316th TCG, 9th AF in Cottesmore (Station 489),UK.
- Coded as W7*D.
- Transported paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment and the 456th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion to a drop zone near Sainte-Mère-Église, Normandy, France on Mission ‘Boston’, June 6, 1944.
- Transferred to RFC, October 22, 1945.
- Registered as NC65135.
- Registered as N65135.
- Registered as CF-RTB.
- Registered as C-FRTB.
- Registered as N345AB.
- Named Whiskey 7.
Photo Source(s):
Timothy Cox.
Timothy Cox.
