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Thanks, but--I specified cargo door-- and those results dealt with jump door/paratrooper exit. By the time I had read the entire thread it seemed clear that the two doors are not the same thing. But thanks!I believe there is another thread here dealing with this question as well. It might be in the Technical Section
EDIT: I typed "C-47 door" into the search box. 2 resul
But you can see from the way both doors are made, neither can be opened while in flight.
The front door has a door within a door, that smaller door could be opened, and that smaller door was all the opening they had to air drop supplies through.
And sometimes they took off the entire front half of the door.
If you look at pictures of a AC-47, you'll see that the rear minigun is placed in the front section of the door door, and the entire front part of the door is left off.
ts showed up. Your answer may be there. It's my bedtime so your on your own
That's true but my estimation is for the entire cargo opening. Unless I grasped the question incorrectly. So.. if we want to know the dimensions of the front and reat part of the cargo door we can use your estimation I agree with. 1/3 and 2/3 is fine I would say. The result would be 30 inches and 60 inches per a door part.
On a completely separate and unrelated note, where was the paratrooper in that photo headed? Normandy? Southern France? Thx.Yes you got it right. As tyrodtom mentioned the front part of the cargo door had the door withing the door. And these "inner" door could be opened or removed in flight. However this way of making of the door caused the "inner" door being smaller ( less than the 30") than the entire front part of the cargo door. Here is a shot I made using both enlarged parts of posted above pics. The less than the 30" may be not too much for dropping of supplies but it seems to be enough for an average paratrooper..
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On a completely separate and unrelated note, where was the paratrooper in that photo headed? Normandy? Southern France? Thx.
Quickearch on Aircorps Library gives me the rough info:Thanks for the information. My father was in a unit that was paired with the 506th from Bastogne to the end of the war.