Douglas C-47D: Few aircraft are as well known, were so widely used or used as long as the C-47. (8183)
"Affectionately nicknamed the "Gooney Bird," this aircraft was adapted from the Douglas DC-3 commercial airliner. The U.S. Army Air Corps ordered its first C-47s in 1940, and by the end of World War II, procured a total of 9,348."