Thorlifter
Captain
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Thorlifter
Captain
Good job Graeme!
Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
Kai Stemm
Airman 1st Class
What about this one
Kai Stemm
Airman 1st Class
Yeah
I dident know this existed until last summer
Aircraft pictured is
In January of 1943, American Airlines was awarded a contract by ATC to operate C-87s over North Atlantic and South Atlantic routes. These planes flew in military insignia and markings and carried USAAF serials, but were operated by civilian crews. Later, American Airlines personnel also flew numerous dangerous Hump missions. C-87s flown by American Airlines: 41-11608, 41-11639, 41-11657, 41-11674, 41-11675, 41-11729, 41-11731, 41-11744, 41-11745, 41-11746, 41-11788, 41-23695, 41-23859, 41-23792, 41-23959, 41-24141, 41-24163, 42-107274, 43-30565. One of the more notable exploits of AA-piloted C-87s was the 31,000-mile trip made by FDR's "One World Ambassador", Wendell Wilkie, aboard C-87 41-11680*Gulliver* (sometimes erroneously? identified as 41-11608). This involved a 51-day mission to Cairo, Palestine, Baghdad, Teheran, Moscow, and China, and then a return to the United States via a route across the Pacific. AA later traded in their C-87s for more advanced C-54 Skymasters.
In January of 1943, American Airlines was awarded a contract by ATC to operate C-87s over North Atlantic and South Atlantic routes. These planes flew in military insignia and markings and carried USAAF serials, but were operated by civilian crews. Later, American Airlines personnel also flew numerous dangerous Hump missions. C-87s flown by American Airlines: 41-11608, 41-11639, 41-11657, 41-11674, 41-11675, 41-11729, 41-11731, 41-11744, 41-11745, 41-11746, 41-11788, 41-23695, 41-23859, 41-23792, 41-23959, 41-24141, 41-24163, 42-107274, 43-30565. One of the more notable exploits of AA-piloted C-87s was the 31,000-mile trip made by FDR's "One World Ambassador", Wendell Wilkie, aboard C-87 41-11680*Gulliver* (sometimes erroneously? identified as 41-11608). This involved a 51-day mission to Cairo, Palestine, Baghdad, Teheran, Moscow, and China, and then a return to the United States via a route across the Pacific. AA later traded in their C-87s for more advanced C-54 Skymasters.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
There were a couple other U.S. bombers used transports, too.
B-17 - C-108
B-29 - C-97/KC-97
The first use of the Liberator in wartime was as a transport; the British received ex-French LB-30s in 1940 and put them into use transporting goods across the Atlantic, also in North Africa as bomber transports.
The Martin Maryland was also used as a transport by the British and French.
The Martin Maryland was also used as a transport by the British and French.
Crimea_River
Marshal
A quote from the book "Fate is the Hunter" by Ernest K. Gann:
The C-87 "was a ground loving bitch, and with heavy loads it rolled, snorted, and porpoised interminably before exerting its questionable right to fly."
The C-87 "was a ground loving bitch, and with heavy loads it rolled, snorted, and porpoised interminably before exerting its questionable right to fly."
Kai Stemm
Airman 1st Class
Reminds me of the C-119 Flying Boxcar Paratroopers were asked "Why would you want to jump out of a perfect airplane" but the C-119 Wasn't it was slow, loud, prone to small arms fire on takeoff, and prone to engine overheating.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
So then it was a perfectly good plane to jump out of 
...I am a meat popsicle.
Old Wizard
2nd Lieutenant
Kai Stemm
Airman 1st Class
I have no way to respond to that
Kai Stemm
Airman 1st Class
But I did :/ kinda
