Comments on: 30 June 1975

By: William Davis

William Davis — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 19:42:21 +0000

Also, during the Vietnam War, some C-47s were converted to EC-47N/P/Q. C-47A and D aircraft were modified for ELINT/ARDF mission, N and P differ in radio bands covered, while Q replaces analog equipment found on the N and P with a digital suite, redesigned antenna equipment and uprated engines – P&W R-2000 in place of R-1830 engines. The Q’s also had different propellers.

EC-47N – 25
EC-47P – 28
EC-47Q – 16

By: Jim Schmidt

Jim Schmidt — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:45:43 +0000

The article reminded me of the long “relationship” I have with the DC-3/C-47, from my first airplane ride on a United Airlines DC3 from San Francisco to San Diego, to seeing DC3s of Air Vietnam, C47s of the Vietnamese AF and watching the USAF AC47 gunships at work in Vietnam…

By: Leslie Barfoot

Leslie Barfoot — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 21:14:11 +0000

Have to agree with you Bill !

By: Bill Moss

Bill Moss — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:14:24 +0000

Good friend of mine’s Dad had to Bail out not once but twice over the Hump. Rescue was almost immediate the first time but the 2nd time he spent 36 days in the jungle and hiked back to India! 10 days later he was back flying the Hump. Now that my friends was the “Greatest Generation”!!!

By: Stuart Maas

Stuart Maas — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 04:55:47 +0000

Excellent article; however C-47s flew in other theaters as well … like out of BURMA, over the HIMALAYAs and into CHINA. That flying was very challenging as the weather, lack of nav-aids, and the high mountains took a high toll on the aircraft. My Father was a flight engineer on C-47s in that theater. He was part of a group of crews that picked up new airplanes in Madison, Wisconsin and flew them to South America, thence across the Atlantic and Africa to India and finally to Myitkyina, Burma. On one fatal sortie, they were hauling mules and had to crash land on a river sand bar deep in the mountains. A Canadian forward observer pilot spotted the wreck and it took him 5 days to rescue the crew. My Father was the last man out. Many of their missions landed at Kunming, China. Recognition to those crews and their difficult mission merits several paragraphs. Thanks.