C-47A Participates In The D-Dat Invasion

June 6, 1944  Few aircraft are as well known or were so widely used for so long as the C-47 or "Gooney Bird" as it was affectionately nicknamed. The aircraft was adapted from the DC-3 commercial airliner which appeared in 1936. The first C-47s were ordered in 1940 They carried personnel and cargo, and in a combat role, towed troop-carrying gliders and dropped paratroops into enemy territory.