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Description
| Notes: Low wing transport (3 CREW, 35 TROOPS, OR 27 LITTERS) . | ||
| Manufacturer: | Douglas | |
| Base model: | C-117 | |
| Designation: | C-117 | |
| Version: | D | |
| Nickname: | Skytrooper | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1925-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Transport | |
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Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| National Museum of Naval Aviation | NAS Pensacola | Florida |
| Pima Air & Space Museum | Tucson | Arizona |
C-117D on display
Pima Air & Space Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| jack spicer fujisawa, NJ | Hi Peter,I was in the navy staioned atNAF ATUSUGI from 1977 1983 at OMD.We recived 0801 from Iwakuni I was the load master on the bird.We recived the C-12s in 1981.0801 was the last C-117 in the navy. Iwakuni kept them flying for a few more years.Unfortunatly I had job braking her up for scrape in 1982 what shame!!! 02/01/2016 @ 15:16 [ref: 69463] |
| Wayne Evans , CA | Good day all....
Looking for some verification from any luminaries here. I'm a VN vet and just read a profile of a Marine on Leatherneck.com. He states he was a port side gunner on a UH34 and/or a C117 flare ship? I've got many miles on Ops in UH34's and CH46's. The M60 is on the starboard side in a UH34 and I see no images of a C117D with a weapon port on the left side? So...can anyone educate me and dispel my doubts? A good day to all....carry on...and thank you. 10/16/2015 @ 02:55 [ref: 69277] |
| Mark C. Hopp Sr. Dayton, TX | I was stationed at MCAS Iwakuni in 1973 and 1974. Sgt. Kevin Forsyth and I played on the base Rugby team.
It is good to find this site. 09/29/2015 @ 10:54 [ref: 69261] |
| Carl Potter Tulsa, OK | My Dad retired as GySgt CE Potter USMC in 1977 and during a tour in Viet Nam he was crew chief onboard a C117 flare ship. I just read some of his writings and looked up the Douglas C-117. His ship was Moment 242 out of Chu li 05/05/2015 @ 16:54 [ref: 69070] |
| Peter Kareski Front Royal, VA | I was just looking at the picture of #801 claiming it was out of NAS Atsugi Japan. The bird was station in MCAS Iwakuni, Japan. The name on the bird is "Sugar" . We had to put that name of the aircraft because the pilot's Navy girlfriend out of Atsugi was nickname Sugar, what her real name was we never found out. She made a flight suit look great!! All of us envied that pilot. 02/15/2014 @ 11:29 [ref: 68347] |
| Thomas J Besancenez , MO | I was in MWHS-1 in 1973-1974.SGT. TJ. I worked with Hollingsworth,Barnhart,Ellmer,Birnham and a bunch more. Iam in one of the pics with Saxton.Hope everyone is doing good. Iam still kicking. Would like to know whos up to what and see some more pics. 10/31/2013 @ 11:53 [ref: 68139] |
| Thomas J Besancenez , MO | I was in MWHS-1 in 1973-1974.SGT. TJ. I worked with Hollingsworth,Barnhart,Ellmer,Birnham and a bunch more. Iam in one of the pics with Saxton.Hope everyone is doing good. Iam still kicking. Would like to know whos up to what and see some more pics. 10/31/2013 @ 11:53 [ref: 68140] |
| Thomas J Besancenez , MO | I was in MWHS-1 in 1973-1974.SGT. TJ. I worked with Hollingsworth,Barnhart,Ellmer,Birnham and a bunch more. Iam in one of the pics with Saxton.Hope everyone is doing good. Iam still kicking. Would like to know whos up to what and see some more pics. 10/31/2013 @ 11:53 [ref: 68138] |
| Thomas J besancenez , MO | I was in MWHS-1 in 1973-1974.SGT. TJ. I worked with Hollingsworth,Barnhart,Ellmer,Birnham and a bunch more. Iam in one of the pics with Saxton.Hope everyone is doing good. Iam still kicking. Would like to know whos up to what and see some more pics. 10/31/2013 @ 11:53 [ref: 68137] |
| Thomas J besancenez , MO | I was in MWHS-1 in 1973-1974.SGT. TJ. I worked with Hollingsworth,Barnhart,Ellmer,Birnham and a bunch more. Iam in one of the pics with Saxton.Hope everyone is doing good. Iam still kicking. Would like to know whos up to what and see some more pics. 10/31/2013 @ 11:52 [ref: 68136] |
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