AC-47 Gunship airplane model Military 1920-1939 when several were converted into

when several were converted into C-73 transports and trainers

The Focke Wulf did not have this problem

Although initially rejected by French and British air services

Beech 350 airplane model

AC-47 Gunship airplane model Military 1920-1939 when several were converted intoDouglas AC 47 Gunship airplane model. Few aircraft are as well known or were so widely used for so long as the C 47 or "Gooney Bird" as it was affectionately nicknamed. The aircraft was adapted from the DC 3 commercial airliner which appeared in 1936. The first C 47s were ordered in 1940 and by the end of WW II, 9,348 had been procured for AAF use. They carried personnel and cargo, and in a combat role, towed troop carrying gliders and dropped