List of C-47 Skytrain operators

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1 Operators
2 References

[edit] Operators

The RAAF drafted civilian DC-3s into military service in September 1939 at the outbreak of WW2. The first true C-47s were delivered to the RAAF in 1942 (ex-USAAF) and the first built specifically for the RAAF entered service in February 1943. 124 C-47s were delivered to the RAAF (and four to the Royal Australian Navy) by 1945. They were used throughout WW2, Korea and Malaya and in Occupied Japan. Most were transferred to civilian government agencies in Australia and New Guinea or sold to airlines in the 1960s. A handful survived in RAAF service into the 1990s with the last two being retired from the Aircraft Research and Development Unit in March 1999.

[edit] Belgium

[edit] Benin

[edit] Bolivia

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Bulgaria

Bulgaria operated Soviet-built Li-2.

[edit] Burma

[edit] Cambodia

[edit] Canada

Royal Canadian Air Force

[edit] Chad

[edit] Chile

[edit] Republic of China

[edit] People's Republic of China

[edit] Colombia

[edit] Republic of the Congo

[edit] Democratic Republic of the Congo

[edit] Cuba

[edit] Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia operated C-47s and Soviet-built Li-2.

[edit] Denmark

[edit] Ecuador

[edit] Egypt

[edit] El Salvador

[edit] Ethiopia

[edit] Finland

[edit] France

[edit] Gabon

[edit] Germany

Luftwaffe operated several DC-3s captured from commercial airlines of various European countries.
Lufthansa was supplied with few of these captured DC-3s from Luftwaffe inventory.

[edit] East Germany

East Germany operated Soviet-built Li-2s.

[edit] Germany

[edit] Greece

Royal Hellenic Air Force
- No. 355 Squadron RHAF employed in the Greek Civil War from 1946 through 1948.

[edit] Guatemala

[edit] Haiti

[edit] Honduras

[edit] Hungary

Hungary operated Soviet-built Li-2s.

[edit] India

[edit] Indonesia

Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU):
- C-47 Dakota with tailnumber RI-001 Seulawah, bought by Acehnese people in 1948 during the Netherlands policional action in Indonesia. This plane used for the transportation between Java and Sumatra. One aircraft is given to Burma (now, Myanmar) as an honour for the friendship with Indonesia, during the war with the Dutch.
- Indonesia got some C-47 from the Netherlands after the wars ended in 1949.
- C-47 intensively used in lots of military conflicts with local rebels like PRRI in Sumatera and Permesta in Sulawesi and Maluku. Beside that, C-47 used for transport in non-confict areas.
- Some C-47 given to local airlines for commercial using.

[edit] Iran

[edit] Israel

[edit] Italy

[edit] Côte d'Ivoire

[edit] Japan

The Showa aircraft company of Japan acquired a license in 1930s to produce a copy of DC-3 as L2D, which was operated by Japanese armed forces during World War 2.

[edit] Laos

[edit] Libya

[edit] Madagascar

[edit] Malawi

[edit] Mali

[edit] Mauritania

[edit] Mexico

[edit] Monaco

[edit] Morocco

[edit] Netherlands

[edit] New Zealand

Royal New Zealand Air Force: Operated C-47s between 1942-1977.
New Zealand National Airways Corporation (1946-1970)
South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand (1960-1966)
Southern Lakes Tourist Company (1961-1975)

[edit] Nicaragua

[edit] Niger

[edit] Nigeria

[edit] DPR Korea

North Korea operated Soviet-built Li-2s.

[edit] Norway

[edit] Oman

[edit] Pakistan

[edit] Papua New Guinea

[edit] Paraguay

[edit] Peru

[edit] Philippines

[edit] Poland

Polish Air Force operated C-47s bought post-war from US stocks and Li-2s bought in Soviet Union.
LOT Polish Airlines operated C-47s.

[edit] Portugal

[edit] Rhodesia

[edit] Romania

[edit] Rwanda

[edit] Saudi Arabia

[edit] Senegal

[edit] South Africa

South African Air Force
- 35 Squadron SAAF: Still in use, flying the Turbo Dakota.
- 44 Squadron SAAF: Employed in 1944 and 1945 to support operations in the Greek Civil War.

[edit] Republic of Korea

[edit] Somalia

[edit] Soviet Union

Soviet Air Force: The Lisunov Li-2 was a licensed copy of the DC-3, produced in Russia, some 6000 were made between 1939 and 1952^[1], operated by the Soviet Union, and presumably some of it's allies and client states. Soviet Union operated also C-47s supplied under the Lend-Lease system during WW2.

[edit] Sri Lanka

[edit] Spain

[edit] Sweden

[edit] Syria

[edit] Thailand

[edit] Togo

[edit] Turkey

[edit] Uganda

[edit] Uruguay

[edit] United Kingdom

Royal Air Force: RAF Transport Command was supplied with over 1,900 Dakotas under the Lend-Lease system during WW2 and the type was flown by at least 46 operational squadrons, plus numerous support units. In total the RAF flew 50 Dakota I (C-47), 9 Dakota II (C-53), 962 Dakota III (C-47A) and 896 Dakota IV (C-47B). RAF Dakotas were assigned to the European, North African, Middle East and Far East theatres of war. C-47 Dakotas of the RAF and USAAF played an important role in dropping paratroopers and equipment and towing gliders to the Normandy landings and to Arnhem. Four squadrons of Dakota IVs took part in the Berlin Airlift in 1948/49.
BOAC

59 C-47s were also supplied to BOAC to maintain international air links.