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US Navy R4D-8 or C117D, (DC-3S Super–Civilian Version), Saufley Field, Pensacola, Florida, January 21, 1967
The taller, squared-off tail profile (partially obscured by the wing in this view) is the quickest way to distinguish the R4D-8 from its ubiquitous predecessors, the DC-3 or military C-47. Many structural upgrades, a lengthened fuselage and more powerful engines marked this final improved version of the original DC-3 which was sold only to the US Navy and Marine Corps as the R4D-8 or C-117D. The commercial version was not a successful seller due to large numbers of DC-3’s on the used market, but the military did buy the R4D-8 or C-117D, as seen here in US Navy livery. The last of these were not retired from service until 1992. A total of about one hundred were built. Taken with a Yashica J-5 SLR using a 28mm f2.8 Soligor wide angle lens on Kodak transparency film. .
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