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C-47 Skytrain
42-100591 - 'TICO Belle' - early morning during 2013 Valiant Air Command Warbird Airshow - TICO is an amalgam of TItusville COcoa Airport, the previous name of her home field - currently the Space Coast Regional Airport, Titusville, FL
84th Squadron C47A No 42100591 pictured here was originally photographed by Joseph C Antrim. It was taken somewhere in Europe in 1944/45. Fortunately, 591 is still airworthy and still wearing 84th Squadron markings with the Valiant Air Command in Titusville, Florida. See this link for more details: https://www.valiantaircommand.com/c-47-tico-belle Photo credit: the late Joseph Carson Antrim via Neil Stevens, Wilts and Berks ETO Research Group
To Norwegian AF as 2100591, then to Danish AF Aug 1956 as 68-684, later K-684, then to civil registry as N3239T. Owned and operated by the Valiant Air Command Museum, Titusville, FL; named the "Tico Belle". The aircraft was damaged Jul 9, 2001 in landing at the Titusville Airport. Returned to flight status June 23, 2009. Currently airworthy and flies regularly.
Group
Constituted as the 437th Troop Carrier Group on 15 April 1943, it was activated on 01 May 1943 in Dunnellon, FL. They trained with C-46 and C-47 aircraft for duty overseas with the Ninth Air Force. They moved to England during January and February of...
Squadron
Military | Second Lieutenant | Glider Pilot | 437th Troop Carrier Group
On his draft registration (hand written) and induction records, his name is spelled as ‘Claire’; on his headstone it is spelled “Clair”. He registered for the draft in 1940 and his registration card indicated that he was 5'11", weighed 145 pounds, had...
Military | Major | Pilot, Two Engine (MOS 1051) | 437th Troop Carrier Group
C-47 pilot, 437th Troop Carrier Group.
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Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF operational training station, Ramsbury was allocated while under construction to the Eighth Air Force as a transport base. Built during 1942, it had eventually three concrete runways, 28 pan and 24 loop hardstandings, and two T2...
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| 12 January 2021 04:13:12 | ram957 | Changes to media associations |
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Internet |
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| 30 October 2020 22:54:18 | Hotelie1970 | Changes to media associations |
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Facebook's "Friends of the 437th Troop Carrier Group" page |
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| 26 April 2018 16:04:47 | jaxticotribute | Changes to media associations |
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Detroit Mission orders |
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| 25 April 2018 22:01:00 | jaxticotribute | Changes to place associations |
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Mission Detroit Orders - June 1944 |
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| 25 April 2018 21:29:51 | jaxticotribute | Created entry with serial number, aircraft type, production block number, manufacturer, markings, description and unit associations |
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Joe Baugher AAF aircraft listing website |
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