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Douglas C-47

Transport aircraft · Air · Douglas · United States

Wikidata: airlifter series

Operators among the 24
2
Active, across the 24
36
On order, across the 24
0
In service since
1942

Catalogue entry

Designation
C-47
First flight or launch
1941
In service
1942
Retired
–
Generation
–
Unit cost (US dollars)
not published in Wikidata
Manufacturers
Douglas
Also seen as
Maritime patrol
Wikidata classes
aircraft family
Identifiers
Q714326 · factbase.org/sys/CD1QCH8C60 · Wikipedia

Dates, makers and classes from Wikidata (CC0); specifications stop at what Wikipedia and the manufacturer publish.

Operators

Each of the 24 nations that holds the platform, with its active count (variants summed). A nation that holds it with no published count shows no bar.

NationActiveReserveOn orderVariants
South Africa35
United Kingdom1

Transfers

Deliveries recorded by the SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, by year, to every recipient. Derived figures only; source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database.

1950: 681951: 1441952: 311953: 301954: 771955: 411956: 701958: 261959: 151960: 251961: 421962: 781963: 171964: 441965: 201966: 81967: 671968: 51969: 341970: 31971: 301972: 211973: 241974: 281975: 141976: 91979: 11981: 21982: 151983: 21984: 2195019671984max 144
SIPRI-recorded deliveries of Douglas C-47 by year

Recipients: South Vietnam (153), France (128), Spain (67), Indonesia (41), Cambodia (38), El Salvador (24), Netherlands (22), Chile (22), Germany (20), Peru (19), Laos (18), Paraguay (17), Democratic Republic of the Congo (17), South Korea (15), Brazil (15), Mexico (14), Yugoslavia (14), Colombia (13), Morocco (13), Bolivia (12), Zimbabwe (12), Ethiopia (12), Argentina (12), Nicaragua (11), Thailand (11), Chad (11), Norway (10), United Nations** (10), Honduras (10), Zambia (10).

  • Derived from: Q190211

In the same category, in service within 15 years

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