12-205 Garand Picture of the Day -Operation Varsity

[Mark in Rochester]

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[browningautorifle]

What's that aircraft at the top...Skytrain?

[Sarge1998]

I don't believe I've ever seen those, good find.

[gsimmons]

Yes, it looks like a C-47 Dakota.

[Bill Hollinger]

Sarge, I love your avatar! Hill Street was one of my favorite shows! Sgt. Phil Esterhaus, "Let's be careful out there".

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Sarge, I love your avatar! Hill Street was one of my favorite shows! Sgt. Phil Esterhaus, "Let's be careful out there".

Ditto.
Great minds think alike.

[Paul S.]

The aircraft in the first and second pictures are C46 "Commando" aircraft. Those are C47 "Dakota" is in the third picture. The two pictures of gliders a "Horsa" in the first (Landing), and a "Waco" in the latter (landed).

[gsimmons]

Yes I see it now, sorry.

[browningautorifle]

Commando...thanks, I knew it's different from the Dakota.

[Bob Womack]

Ah, yes. C-46 Commando, the "plumber's nightmare." They had a problem with fuel leakage collecting in the wing root and exploding. Lots of losses flying the "hump" in Burma.

Bob