Wikimedia Commons

File:Douglas VC-47A Skytrain ‘0-15579’ (26668514803).jpg

Original file (5,075 × 3,383 pixels, file size: 13.13 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

edit
Description

c/n 20045. Built 1944. US military serial 43-15579. On display at the March Field Museum, Riverside, CA, USA. 28-2-2016

The following history comes from the excellent museum website:-

“Manufactured by Douglas Aircraft, Long Beach, CA and delivered to the USAAF on 12 Apr 1944. Its assignments were: Apr 1944 - To 560th AAF Base Unit (Troop Carrier Command), Palm Springs AAF FL Mar 1945 - To 591st AAF Base Unit (Air Transport Command), Stockton AAF CA Nov 1945 - To 554th AAF Base Unit (ATC), Memphis AAF TN Dec 1945 - To 555th AAF Base Unit (ATC), Love AAF TX Mar 1946 - To 4105th AAF Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Davis-Monthan AAF AZ (storage) Feb 1947 - To 4126th AAF Base Unit, San Bernardino Air Materiel Center Mar 1947 - To 195th Fighter Squadron (ANG), Van Nuys AP CA Oct 1949 - To 115th Bombardment (Light) Squadron (ANG), Van Nuys AP CA Jan 1950 - Unit moved to Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank CA Dec 1950 - To 146th Composite Wing (ANG), Lockheed AT CA Feb 1951 - To 144th Fighter Wing (ANG), Hayward AP CA Jan 1953 - To 115th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (ANG), Van Nuys AP CA May 1961 - To 129th Troop Carrier (Medium) Squadron (ANG), Hayward AP CA May 1967 - To 163rd Fighter Group (ANG), Ontario AP CA Oct 1972 - To 144th Fighter-Interceptor Group (ANG), Fresno Air Terminal CA

and dropped from USAF inventory by transfer to school or museum”
Date
Source Douglas VC-47A Skytrain ‘0-15579’
Author Alan Wilson from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
Camera location33° 53′ 08.07″ N, 117° 16′ 02.83″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Licensing

edit
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by Hawkeye UK at https://flickr.com/photos/65001151@N03/26668514803. It was reviewed on 27 May 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

27 May 2016

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current11:15, 27 May 2016Thumbnail for version as of 11:15, 27 May 20165,075 × 3,383 (13.13 MB)MsaynevirtaIMG (talk | contribs)Transferred from Flickr via Flickr2Commons

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses this file:

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Douglas_VC-47A_Skytrain_‘0-15579’_(26668514803).jpg&oldid=888015901"