MILITARY · HISTORICAL MARKER

C-47 “SkyTrain”

Lakeland, Florida
· [Aerospace Discovery at Florida Air Museum]
Historical Marker Database · Brandon D Cross
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The C-47 SkyTrain was the military version of the DC-3 and had the unique distinction of participating in the Berlin Airlift in the late 1940s.
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Lakeland, Florida · United States

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