Great value aviation art prints of
the Douglas Dakota DC3.
DOUGLAS DAKOTA, Transport aircraft with
three crew and can carry 28 passengers. speed 230-mph, and a altitude of
23,200 feet. maximum range 2,100 miles. The Douglas Dakota served in
all theatres of world war two, The Royal Air Force received its
first Douglas Dakota's in April 1941, to 31 squadron which was serving in
India. These were DC2, later DC3 and eventually C-47 Dakotas were
supplied. The Douglas Dakota was developed from the civil airliner of the
1930's. The Royal Air Force received nearly 2,000 Dakotas, But many
more than this served in the US Air Force and other allied countries. The
last flight of a Douglas Dakota of the Royal Air Force was in 1970.
You can still see Douglas Dakota's in operational and transport use across
the world.
