11 C-47s on their way from the US to Normandy via Scotland

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From Goose Bay Canada, but Canada wouldn't fit into the title - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrad...

15 will be going in total so I guess someone will see them flying overhead in the next few days.

Official website - https://www.daksovernormandy.com/

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Which one is this, different shaped wing, straighter wing & squared off tips - https://youtu.be/xeS25F6uHic?t=173

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Eric Mc said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Which one is this, different shaped wing, straighter wing & squared off tips - https://youtu.be/xeS25F6uHic?t=173

That was a wing shape I'd never seen before on a DC-3/C-47 or any other variant. I had a quick Google search to see if I could find out the history of this airframe. It is registered N8336C . It was originally built in 1942 as a Douglas C-53 (yet another US military designation) and was converted in the 1950s into an executive transport. If you look at photos of it on the ground, you will see that it also has undercarriage doors - which most DC-3s did not possess.

In the late 1940s, Douglas bought back some used C-47/C-53/R4D Skytrains and upgraded them to "Super DC-3" - which I think look quite elegant. N8336C seems to possess some of the attributes of the Super DC-3 but not the taller tailfin.

Similar to a Basler BT-6 but without the Turboprops, (BT-6 has the standard smaller fin too). I guess someone in the 1950s wanted an upgrade.