BBMF Dakota
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BBMF Dakota

Douglas C-47 Dakota · RAF BBMF

ZA947 ‘Kwicherbichen’ — a twin-engine transport that still looks ready for a drop over Normandy.

More than 10,000 C-47s were built. This one still flies as the BBMF’s multi-engine workhorse.

Who flies it

  • BBMF multi-engine crew

    RAF

    ZA947 is the Flight’s multi-engine workhorse and often carries the fighter pilots to the display. Invasion stripes are original-style D-Day markings, not decoration.

Same part of the sky