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Stories and manuscripts
of The

DC-3/C-47/R4D/ Dakota
and all its variants

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Books or Manuscripts

• "The AC-47 - Puff The Magic Dragon" -
  by: Lt. Col. John "Jack" Haller USAF (Ret.)

Feature Stories

• "The Douglas DC-3 Story" - by Douglas Aircraft Company

• "Flying the DC-3: A dream fulfilled" - by Barry Schiff

• "Vladimir Fydorovich Pavlov" - by AF News Service

• "POW/Least we forget" - by: John L. Frisbee -
  AIR FORCE Magazine / September 1997

• "Dakota Operations in the Far East" - submitted by: Anthony Harratt

• "Heroes Welcome" - by: Linda Shiner
  (Air & Space/June/July 1998) submitted by: Gene Guthere

• "One Engine, 1000 meter runway takeoff " - Submitted by: John Miller

• "The Legacy OF THE DC-3 " - by: Frank Atzert

• "Provinceton Boston Airways N136PB (NC18121)" - by: Mike "Buzz" Meyer

• "A Tribute to Martha Raye" - by: "Bear"

• "The Pelican Squadron" - by: H. Olander

• "Classified DC-3 Pucker Gauge" - by permission of: Ted Temer

• "History of 435(T) Squadron (CANADA)" - submitted by: Jeff Robinson

• "Fokker-built DC-3" - submitted by: Herman De Wulf

• "Wingless Victory" - submitted by: Wayne Warnken

• "The Last DC-3 in Spain?" - submitted by: Larry Levy

• "Dakota Flying Fishcart (3 parts)" - submitted by: Robin Stobbs

• "AOPA conference with Bob Hoover - 1/ 30/ 1996" - INET AOPA

• "Secret Weapon " - by: Paul A. Barnes SMSGT USAF (Ret)

• "Atlantic Airways Ltd" - by: John W. Willmott
  
  
• "The Voice" and "The Speaker" - By: Jim Ford, Lt.Col. (Ret)
  
  
• "The Voice of the U.N" - By: Harry D. (Don) Lance,CW2 US Army (ret)



• "Search for Downed CIA C-47" - By: TED ANTHONY - Associated Press Writer

• "The Mag 25 STREAMERS AND SILVER BANDS" - From Records USMC, Washington DC

• "SCAT" - by Maj.Gen. Norman J. Anderson USMC (Ret) and
  Col. William K. Snyder USMC (Ret)

• "The Unsung Hero's of SCAT" - by Jesse Walker and Bill Snyder

• "The Mag 25 Patch Story" - by Marine Corps Museum

• "The Mag 25 original Orders" - US Government Archives

• "SCAT Part I" - By Capt. Robert Joseph Allen and Lt. Otis Carney

• "SCAT Part II" - By Capt. Robert Joseph Allen and Lt. Otis Carney

• "Commanding Officers" - of MAG 25

• "Henderson Field: Aftermath of a Bloody Holocaust" - By: Peter L. Young

• "Guadalcanal Fast Freight; - By: Robert C Miller

• "SCAT; - By: Capt. T.J. O'Mara

• "Official History of the MAG - 25; - By: USMC, Washington D.C.

• "SCAT; - By: T/Sgt. Hal Goodwin - USMC,Combat Correspondent

• "Mag 25 SCAT - E-mail address:

• "Logbook - by: Mel Boehner

The Fred Pierce Collection

• "There's A DC-3 at College Park Airport" - By Polly Hill

• " ME and the DC3 "
  

The Tony Buttacavoli Collection

• "The Southern Cross "
  

The Les Strouse Collection

• "A Flight to Remember;"
  
  
• Interesting Flight

The William T. Larkins Collection

• "Flying Memories of Jim Fleming"

• "Zoom Zoom Air;"

The Chuck Miller Collection

• "Million Dollar Gooney-bird

• "Project Phyllis Ann"

• "High Speed Approach!"

• "Snap Roll!"

• "Hard Bounce Landing!"

• "Twin Engine Glider!"

• "Attacked by a Battleship!"

• "Low-level Desert Departure!"

• "The Unhappy Copilot!"

• "RC-47 In-flight Electrical Fire & System Failure!"

• "Dead Reckoning in the Soup Over the Pacific!"

• "Bombed by a B-52!"

The James C. "Sandy" Sanders Collection

• "Egg Run to Nova Scotia"

• "Bombardier Landing"

• "Bob-Tailed Gooney Bird;"

• "Have we landed yet?;"

The Capt. Enrico Bottieri Collection

• "The Elm Tree"

• "DC-3 Vignettes, Part I"
  
  
• "DC-3 Vignettes, Part II"
  
  
• "DC-3 Vignettes, Part III"
  
  
• "DC-3 Vignettes, Part IV"
  
  
• "The Sixth Sense"

The John R. "Brojak" Joseph Collection

• Overseas Saga of C47A, ASN #42-93452, Squadron #A010
  
  
• Overseas Saga of C47A, - Stop #1 and #2
  
  
• Overseas Saga of C47A, - Stop #3
  
  
• Overseas Saga of C47A, - Stop #4 TARAWA
  
  
• Overseas Saga of C47A, - Stop #5 GUADALCANAL
  
  
• Overseas Saga of C47A, - Stop #6 NADZAB, NEW GUINEA
  
  
• Overseas Saga of C47A, - Stop #7 Life at NADZAB, NEW GUINEA
  
  
• Memorial: February 14, 1945
  
  
• "Observations of "Brojak", - August 9th 1945"
  
  
• "Wait and See, - August 20th 1945"
  
  
• "Well traveled Air Commando C-47"
  
  
• "Philippine DC-3 story"
  
  
• "Cow Pasture Engine Replacement"
  
  
• "The One I left behind"
  
  
• "W.W.II Air Commando History book"
  
  
• "50 years to join the 82nd Airborne"
  
  
• "Photographers don't count."
  
  
• "Abandon Ship"

The Robert D. Packham Collection

• "This is supposed to be a romantic job."
  
  
• "What The Jet Age Left Behind."
  
  
• "Dedication to:Captain Keith Murray"

The Bob Wilhelm Collection

• "Tales of the 6994th Scty Sqdn;"
  
  
• "Bombs Away;"
  

The Col. Cecil Crawford USAF (Ret.) Collection

• "Korea, Gooney Story"
  
  
• "Flying a DC-3 In Reverse"
  
  
• "Low and Slow in Hong Kong Harbor"
  

The Ray Hunter Collection

• "Ferrying 50887 C-47 to Thailand"
  
  
• "55 Gal. Drums of Rime Ice?"

The Billy Pat Latimer Collection

• "CBI-MORAN,INDIA 1944-1945"
  
  
• "Memories of Korea "
  
  
• "Missed Flight "
  
  
• "Memories of Ranger Support (Burma) "
  
  
• "No One Knew The Lieutenant "

The Jaime Carreon Collection

• "The DC-3 Hell-I-Can";

• "Gooneys.............. Belong"

• "Douglas meets Datsun"

The Russell Goutierez Collection

• AA's "Flagship Knoxville"

• HERITAGE IN METAL

The Randy Sohn Collection

• And the Race is (was) on

•  A Simpler Day and Time

• The Saga of LEFTY GARDNER and HARRY SUSAN
  (or)
  "The Night Landing at ole REBEL FIELD at Mercedes"
  
  
• MA! An Airliner Just Landed in Our Pasture!
  
  
• CAP'N BILL ROBBINS and Our Payroll Numbers !
  
  
• Captain EARL ADAMS - The DC-3 and The WOLF PACK !
  
  
• "How Long's This Runway?" (or) "What's Off The End?"!
  
  
• CAPT. EV ROTH And His SNOW BROOM! !
  
  
• CHARLEY COX And The HIBBING ALTIMETER!
  
  
• GETTING SOMEONE'S ATTENTION!
  
  

The Ron Rosson Col. USAFR Ret. Collection

• "If You can't believe that one!!"
  
  
• "Flying The C-47 Into Hong Kong"
  
  
• "Flying The C-47, VIETNAM 69-70"
  
  
• "Equipped and dressed for the AC-47"
  
  
• "Keeping track of "ARTIE"
  
  
• "Taxing the C-47"
  
  
• "On One"
  
  
• "Memories of the 9th SOS"
  
  
• "Wanting Ice Cream OR,The Stupid Things LT.'s DO!"



• "C-47 Crew Member Qualification Orders"

The Jan Bos Collection

• On to battle.

• Bill Elmendorf, and his airplane,“Blondie”.

Short Stories Collection

• Recollections - By Nick Tile

• DC-3/C-47/Dakota Experiences - by John Hairell
  
  
• The Gooney Bird - by Oscar Brand and the Roger Wilco Four
  
  
• Skydiving from DC-3/Dakotas in Australia - by David Parsons Ph.D.
  
  
• FAA's DC-3 N34 - - by Scott Thompson
  
  
• A Sad Day Indeed! - by Ernest Szelepcsenyi
  
  
• DC-3 Flight in Arizona - by George Vergeront
  
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• "Gear down and locked ferry Flight" - by Les Maike -
  Chief Pilot/ General Manager
  
  
• "The Lowest time "3" in the world" - by John Fred Moore
  
  
• "The Gooney Bird" - by Maj. Norris Bundy USAF (Ret.)
  
  
• "My 'Bootleg' left seat time" - by Bill H. Devlin
  
  
• "C-47 Pilot And Admirer" - by John L. Contino
  
  
• "Landing Gear failure" !!! - by Capt. Tony La Rotta
  
  
• "I flew the DC-3 too!" - by Ted Wilson
  
  
• "C-47 and The Air Commando Assn." - By: Eugene D.Rossel, ACA PR
  
  
• "Melbourne Dinner Flight in a Dakota." - By: Don Incoll
  
  
• "The Fritz Diepen Story" - By: R.J.Chr van den Ende
  
  
• "Lisunov Li-2 (NATO: Cab)" - By: Maarten Brouwer
  
  
• "The Versatile C-47" - By: R. T. Best - Col. USAF (Ret)
  
  
• "The C-47 Saga" - By: Kenneth K Anderson - Col. USAF (Ret)
  
  
• "A Short History of DC-3's within South African Airways" - By: Bradly Wilkins
  
  
• "First Flight" - By: Anthony Harratt
  
  
• "NAS Cubi Point" - By: Lt.Col. Tom Brannon, U.S.M.C. (Ret.)
  
  
• "From Woomera to Nowra in a DAK;" - By: Brian Hampton
  
  
• "Medal of Honor;"- Submitted By: Aurie Stonecypher
  
  
• "First Amongst Equals;"- By: Andy Beckett
  
  
• "AC-47 Call Sign "Spooky";"- By: Jack Cluver
  
  
• "Up the River Without a Tail"- By: Bob Binzer
  
  
• "Bernt Balchen, Colonel, USAAF"- By: Tord S Eriksson
  
  
• "Douglas XCG-17- By: William T. Larkins / Nelson Winkless / George Robinson
  
  
• "The DAKS of Papua New Guinea"- relayed By: Anthony Harratt
  
  
• "W.W.II Workhorses Live On As Cargo Haulers" - relayed By: Robert H. Corriveau
  
  
• "VMJ/VMR-353 of MAG 15 (with photo)" - By: Charles A. Rau
  
  
• "114 missions in the EC-47s"- by: James C. Wheeler
  
  
• "Early C-47 super sprayer!"- by: J. Dawson
  
  
• "Quiet as a mouse on cotton!"- by: Bill Obenauf
  
  
• "Hold fast to Dreams "- By: Marshall H. Massengale
  
  
• "Three Million Miles!"- By: Bill Elmendorf
  
  
• "Basic Spec for C-47A ;"- Submitted By: Aurie Stonecypher
  
  
• "The C-47 Interceptor!"- reported By: Dan Decker
  
  
• "'Delaney', DC-3, c/n 13331, ZS-PTG!"- reported By: John Miller
  
  
• "That Great Plane From Peru!"- By: Gustavo C. Lama
  
  
• "Misc. OPS W.W. II with C-47"- from Misc. information
  
  
• "A thrill I never experienced again!"- by: James A. Eckols
  
  
• "Quick Memories of Long Ago!"- by: Jerry Gordon
  
  
• "Flight in a C-49!"- by: Capt. Pete Battle
  
  
• "Do DC-3/C-47/R4D/Dakota windshields leak?!"- Misc. Email replies
  
  
• "Detroit Says goodbye to DC-3 (1997)!"- Submitted By:Jerry Erickson
  as from: AP
  
  
• "American Museum, Duxford (1997)!"- by: S/Sgt. Angela Stafford (AFNS)
  
  
• "Canada's Dakota Squadron!"- by: Jeff Robinson
  
  
• "DC3s in Venezuela - RUTACA Airlines"- by: Michael Millar
  
  
• "C-47 Spraying "Agent Orange"- Submitted By:MacAlan Thompson
  as from: http://www.war-stories.com/
  
  
• "The Amphibian DC-3/R4D/C47"- By: Victor J. Hancock
  
  
• "Fixed Bayonets"; - By: Eduardo Cuggia
  
  
• "Landing with feathered engines"; - By: Eduardo Cuggia
  
  
• "The Save-A-Connie, DC-3"; - - By: Charles A. Rau
  
  
• "Low Level Dakota"; - By: Ant Williams
  
  
• Douglas DC-3 "Gems" Of information - From Misc. sources
  
  
• "Three point or wheel-land the C-47 CBI"; - By: Bill Mumford
  
  
• "What Donald Douglas wrought"; - By: Ben Cook
  
  
• "The "Choo Choo" is on track again"; - By: G B Robinson Lt.Col.
  
  
• "Flying The Hump"; - By: Bill Mumford
  
  
• "War II Glider Recovery Pickups"; - By: Don Shelton
  
  
• "The C-47 Era of the 50's"; - By: Charles Tardif
  
  
• "You might be a DC-3 Lover if:" - By: Misc Sages of Aviation
  
  
• "C-47's towing Waco gliders" - By: Louis H. Lytch
  
  
• "DC-3's on my mind" - By: Carlos Abella
  
  
• "Coal Miners son" - By: John Stewart
  
  
• "Link to Ol' Sarg stories" - By: ol' Sarg. (aka Bill Ewing)
  
  
• "Up The Cagayan Valley" - By: Robert Hyde
  
  
• "Puff, As seen from the Ground" - By: Dean Allen
  
  
• "Snooty" - By: Bob Peterman
  
  
• "Pilots 10 Commandments " - Various collections
  
  
• "Adventures in a C-47 " - submitted By the son of: Lt. Leo H. Clary
  
  
• The Story of Harry Jensen and Dan Gross - ..."Bear"
  
  
• The Duchess - By: Joan Strobl
  
  
• "By my command" - By: Paul A. Barnes SMSGT USAF (Ret.)
  
  
• "Nose-over" Truth or Myth - By: Julie Holtz
  
  
• "33 hours 45 minutes airborne" - By: Simon Brooke
  
  
• "Freedom" - By: Nikki Plagman
  
  
• "Something called a Gooney Bird" - By: George W. Shaw
  
  
• "Clipped Wings" - By: Arieh O'Sullivan (Jerusalem Post)
  
  
• "Over the Hump/Rockin the Ridge" - By: J. D. Broughel/C. R. Call
  
  
• "Puff the Magic Dragon" - By: Jack B Harvey, Major USAF (ret.)
  
  
• "Super Gooney Bird Pilot???" - By: Col. "Beans" Campbell USAF (ret.)
  
  
• "They Talked to the Trees" - By: Joe Neville BA(hons)
  
  
• "The Gooney birds-Class of 47" - By: Kent Borgaard
  
  
• "The Andean Dakotas" - By: Carlos Abella
  
  
• "The Koala Airlift" - By: Jock McCann
  
  
• "Where King Alfred burned his cakes." - By: Fred T. Garcia
  
  
• "Fasten Your Seat belts !" - By: Patrick Maroney
  
  
• "The Jerome Experience" - By: South Coast Airway (UK)
  
  

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