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In response to a request from American Airlines for a sleeper plane for transcontinental night flights in the United States, the Douglas Aircraft Company developed the first version of the DC-3, designated DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport). The aircraft was equipped with 14 reclining seats.
There are a total of [ 30 ] WW2 British Transport Aircraft entries in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator.
The importance of the transport plane to the operations of the AAF, whether as a carrier, troop transport or long-range cargo carrier, was illustrated by the growing number of these planes. In July 1939, the AAF had only 118 transports and on the eve of Pearl Harbor it had only 216.
10 Νοε 2022 · The arrival of the USAAF servicemen in Britain was a seismic upheaval for a drab war-weary country suffering rationing, make-do-and-mend and widespread bomb damage. It was an equal culture shock for the young GIs, the majority of whom had never left their American homeland before.
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American servicemen were stationed in Northern Ireland and throughout Great Britain from Scotland to Cornwall (and all parts between). Sent in advance of the planned invasion of Europe, those troops were anxious to join the fight against Hitler.
There, 9,100 American and British troops, 200 vehicles and artillery pieces, and 500 tons of supplies were air-dropped or glider-landed in CG-4As and Horsas. There were so few casualties that the American airborne soldiers dubbed it the “Champagne Campaign.”
