C-47

Arnold Richard Wall, a member of 330th Troop Carrier Squadron, poses with the engine of a C-47 transport airplane as part of an engine change crew. Sergeant Wall was a first-generation American, born to Finnish immigrants Richard Wall and Edith Kiiskinen. They each immigrated separately from central Finland to the Waukegan, Illinois area where they later met, married and Arnold...

A C-47 transport of the ATC, tail #476342, on pavement at an airbase in in Burma during WWII.

A flyer gazes out of the open cargo door of a cargo aircraft (a C-47 or C-46) during WWII.

A row of tightly packed American aircraft at at an airstrip in Burma, probably in 1944, including B-25, P-40, C-47, P-47, etc. Apparently they were not concerned about Japanese air raids given the tight layout. Aircraft in Burma near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.

A C-47 transport taking off from an airstrip in Burma. Aircraft in Burma near the 797th Engineer Forestry Company. During WWII.

Unloadeding AAC equipment from C-47 at Tengchong airstrip. December 14, 1944. Photo by T/Sgt. S. L. Greenberg. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by William E. Whitten.

From a C-47 these Chinese are seen unloading food for the Chinese who are building the new road towards the Burma border to meet the Ledo Road. December 11, 1944. Photo by T/Sgt. S. L. Greenberg. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by William E. Whitten.

Major Gen. A.C. Wedemeyer and Brig. Gen. Frank Dorn leaving plane at Tengchong airport. December 18, 1944. Photo by T/Sgt. S. L. Greenberg. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627. Passed by William E. Whitten.

GIs lead mules out of a C-47 transport plane during WWII, in China.

ATC Welcome Wagon before a C-47 in China, during WWII.