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Military Transport

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

Le C-47 Skytrain était un avion de transport fiable qui transportait des troupes, des parachutistes et des fournitures essentielles sur le champ de bataille.

Allied Powers Introduit 1941 Douglas Aircraft CompanyRôle: Transport aérien tactique et transport de troupes

Spécifications

Vitesse maximale
224 mph
Équipage
3 to 4 crew members
Capacité
28 fully equipped soldiers or 6,000 lbs cargo
Autonomie
1,600 miles
The Douglas C-47 Skytrain of Allied Powers

Histoire

Le Douglas C-47 Skytrain a été développé à partir de l'avion de ligne civil DC-3 et est entré en service militaire en 1941. Il s'est rapidement imposé comme l'un des avions de transport bimoteurs les plus fiables et les plus polyvalents jamais construits.

Le jour J, en juin 1944, les C-47 ont largué des milliers de parachutistes alliés derrière les lignes ennemies en Normandie. Dans le Pacifique et en Asie, ils ont emprunté des routes de ravitaillement dangereuses au-dessus des montagnes de l'Himalaya pour livrer de l'aide aux forces chinoises combattant les unités de l'Axe.

Le C-47 a volé pendant des décennies après la guerre. Il a transporté de la nourriture pendant le pont aérien de Berlin en 1948, a acheminé des fournitures pendant la guerre de Corée et a même servi d'avion de combat armé pendant la guerre du Vietnam.

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Valor decoration

Croix de Guerre with Allied Palms

1915

A distinguished war cross presented by Allied high commands to foreign troops for battlefield bravery.

Fourragère de la Légion d'Honneur, Valor decoration, Allied Powers medal
Valor decoration

Fourragère de la Légion d'Honneur

1916

A braided cord distinction awarded by the French military to allied units cited multiple times in orders.

Inter-Allied Commemorative Medal of the Federation of Interallied Combatants, Merit decoration, Allied Powers medal
Merit decoration

Inter-Allied Commemorative Medal of the Federation of Interallied Combatants

1920

An international veterans honour founded to celebrate brotherhood and peace among Allied First World War veterans.

Inter-Allied Victory Medal, Campaign medal, Allied Powers medal
Campaign medal

Inter-Allied Victory Medal

1919

An agreed-upon victory medal awarded to Allied service personnel who served during the First World War.

Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia), Campaign medal, Allied Powers medal
Campaign medal

Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia)

1991

A coalition campaign medal presented by Saudi Arabia to Allied forces that helped liberate Kuwait in 1991.

Legion of Merit (Allied Degree of Chief Commander), Distinguished service decoration, Allied Powers medal
Distinguished service decoration

Legion of Merit (Allied Degree of Chief Commander)

1942

A prestigious military order established by the United States to honor high-ranking foreign Allied commanders.

NATO Medal (International Security Assistance Force), Service medal, Allied Powers medal
Service medal

NATO Medal (International Security Assistance Force)

2003

A multinational service medal awarded to Allied coalition forces serving on joint stabilization missions in Afghanistan.

Order of the British Empire (Military Division - Allied Conferred), Distinguished service decoration, Allied Powers medal
Distinguished service decoration

Order of the British Empire (Military Division - Allied Conferred)

1917

An honour widely awarded to international Allied personnel for exceptional service in joint wartime operations.

Order of the Patriotic War (Allied Presentations), Valor decoration, Allied Powers medal
Valor decoration

Order of the Patriotic War (Allied Presentations)

1942

A wartime military order conferred by Soviet high command to honor heroism across the Allied coalition.

United Nations Service Medal (Korea), Campaign medal, Allied Powers medal
Campaign medal

United Nations Service Medal (Korea)

1950

The first international coalition service medal awarded to Allied soldiers defending the Republic of Korea.

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