Length: 15"
Wingspan:21 1/2"
Scale: 1/51.5
Includes desk stand.
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport aircraft that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allies during World War II and remained in front line operations through the 1950s with a few remaining in operation to this day.
During World War II, the armed forces of many countries used the C-47 and modified DC-3s for the transport of troops, cargo and wounded. Over 10,000 aircraft were produced in Long Beach and Santa Monica, California and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma City plant produced 5,354 C-47s from March 1943 until August 1945.
The Buzz Buggy was flown by the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group, based at Membury in England between March 1944 - February 1945. (It also took part in the airborne assault on Southern France, based at Voltone, Italy, during July and August 1944.) The Mission tally on the scoreboard of 'Buzz Buggy', together with its invasion stripes, suggest participation in the Normandy, Southern France, Nijmegen and Bastogne operations, both as a paratroop carrier and as a glider tug.
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