C-47

Clipped tail of C-47 transport #315810 in the CBI during WWII.

A C-47 transport plane with propellers turning, most likely in Assam, India.

August 2, 1944: No "A" card needed, but the difficulties of filing the cavernous gas tanks of a C-47 cargo plane make "stateside" rationing problems child's play. From US Government sources.

Maintenance under a blue China sky. No fancy hangers or white coveralls for this job. Line men from the 14th Air Force transport unit pull an overhaul under the wing of a C-47. From the U.S. Government sources.

Twelve American War Correspondents, now touring China, were welcomed on their arrival by General Pao (foreground), Chief Secretary to General Ho Ying Chin, Supreme Commander of the Chinese Army. Correspondents will visit major Fourteenth Air Force installations while in China. From the U.S. Government sources.

An indicator panel next to the door of a C-46 or C-47 transport's cargo door, used to coordinate air dropping of supplies. From the U.S. Government sources.

Due to the urgent need for reserve troops in the Lungling offensive, Chinese troops of the 200th Div., Chinese 5th Army, board a C-47 plane enroute to Paoshan (Baoshan). Yunnanyi, China. 9/15/44 Signal Corps Photo #CBI-44-60297 (Sgt. Wm. J. Randolph), from 164 Sign Photo Co.

Troops of the 200th Div., Chinese 5th Army, wait at the loading point of the Yunnanyi airbase, China, in preparation for the air trip in C-47's to Paoshan (Baoshan). 9/15/44 Signal Corps Photo #CBI-44-50292 (Tec 4 George Clayton), from 164 Sign Photo Co.

Bundles of food and ammunition being loaded aboard a C-47 of the 14th Air Force Transport Unit. They will be kicked out to Chinese troops cut off from ground supply in eastern China.

American servicemen load or unload supplies from a US C-47 transport plane, tail #316189. Since, according the stories shared by veterans, African-American servicemen rarely made it into China, this must be outside of China, most likely India or Burma.