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Old 4th Sep 2017, 08:58
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Originally Posted by treadigraph
They may be registered as DC-3s but weren't they built as C-47s?
About half of them were (so are still technically C-47s).

The ones registered as "DC-3C-R-1830-90C" are a bit of a giveway (R-1830 is the military designation of the Twin Wasp) and were formerly C-47Bs. In addition there were two former C-47As, designated "DC-3C-S1C3G".

The other 10 were built as DC-3s/DC-3As.
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