Nicely designed, Vintage
handmade wooden model of a Douglas Dakota.
The Douglas C47, known as the
Dakota in the Royal Air Force and Commonwealth services, became the world's
best known transport aircraft. The C47 saw widespread use by the Allies during
the Second World War and by Air Forces and airlines post-war.
The C47 Skytrain and C53
Skytrooper were military versions of the DC3 airliner. The DC3 first flew in
1935 and was ordered by America's airlines. With the outbreak of war these
aircraft were diverted to the Allied Air Forces, followed by 10000 military
variants constructed before production ceased in 1946. Japan and the Soviet
Union also built over 2000 unlicensed copies.
The first of over 1900 Dakotas
received by the RAF arrived in India in 1942. Dakotas served in every theatre
of the war, notably in Burma, during the D-Day landings and the airborne
assault on Arnhem in 1944.
Most RAF Dakotas had been
retired or sold by 1950, the last active aircraft leaving the service in 1970.
The Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough operated a former Royal
Canadian Air Force example (ZA947) from 1971 until 1993, when it joined the
Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
British Overseas Airways
Corporation (BOAC) took their first deliveries of Douglas Dakota C47s in 1943
and the last of approximately 60 aircraft in 1946. During WWII Dakotas were
operated by both the RAF and BOAC.
After the war, BOAC sold the
fleet, fourteen of which went to British European Airways when the airline was
formed in 1946. One of the Dakotas acted as a testbed for the Rolls-Royce Dart
engine before it powered the Vickers Viscount, the world's first turbo-prop
aircraft.
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Handmade Wooden Model of a Douglas Dakota.
- Product Code: Model of a Douglas Dakota.
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£120.00
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