![]() ![]() More than 10,000 C-47s were built by the time production ceased in 1945. Officially named “Skytrain” but more commonly referred to as “Dakota” or even “Gooney Bird,” the C-47 was the plane that dropped paratroopers over Normandy, hauled vital supplies from India to China over the deadly hump of the Himalayas and later put food on kitchen tables during the Berlin Airlift. ![]() The C-47, a military version of the iconic DC-3 airliner, served as America’s workhorse cargo plane in the 1940s. Up until a recent peace agreement, these gunships scoured Colombia’s remotest regions for guerillas - tracking their movements with infrared cameras then showering them in lead. The AC-47T Fantasma is equipped with infrared sensors to scan the jungles below - and also packs three side-mounted .50-caliber Gatling guns. Seventy years after their heyday, World War II cargo planes are patrolling the skies over Colombia’s vast jungles. Fly-by-Owen photo Ancient, side-firing gunships are active … and effective ![]()
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