C-47A-65-DL, serial number 42-100558
C-47A-65-DL, serial number 42-100558
The aircraft shown here was C-47A-65-DL, serial number 42-100558 and was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California. Based at Membury in Berkshire, England from 1944 and given the nickname and nose art of ‘Buzz Buggy’, this C-47 served with the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron, 436th Troop Carrier Group and participated in the airborne assaults on Normandy, southern France, Holland and Germany. In 1950 after an illustrious career with the USAAF, ‘Buzz Buggy’ was transferred to the Uruguayan Air Force and registered as G4-510 before being scrapped following an accident in 1959.
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