[DMF14431] Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota ‘Post-war Military Service’

RELEASED 2/2025

Decal sheets containing national insignia and/or tricolour stripes and/or serial numbers/letters in 1:144th scale. These decals are specifically designed for particular aircraft types and to match existing model kits.

One sheet of decals is included in this set.

 

On-line order (MARK I Modellerʼs Boutique via Miniwingʼs e-shop)

 

Description

Detailed product specification:

Decals for the following aircraft are included:

  • Douglas C-47A-20-DK Skytrain, 293087 (s/n 42-93087), ‘Camel Caravan to Berlin’, 86th FW, U.S. Air Force, used to deliver baby camel and sweets to children during the Berlin Airlift (‘Operation Vittlesʼ) in October 1948, Neubiberg, Wiesbaden and Tempelhof Air Bases, Germany, 1948
  • Dakota C Mk.4 (Douglas C-47B-25-DK, s/n 44-76388), KN356/H, No.27 Sq., Royal Air Force, during the Berlin Airlift (‘Operation Plainfareʼ), Wunstorf, Fassberg and Gatow Air Bases, Germany, 1948-49
  • D-47B (Douglas C-47B-10-DK, s/n 43-49194), D-21/2, Air Transport Regiment (Letecký dopravní pluk), Czechoslovak Air Force, Prague-Kbely Air Base, Czechoslovakia, 1947-49
  • Douglas C-47B-1-DK ‘Dakotaʼ, s/n 43-48555), K-38/OT-CWQ, 21e Esc. ‘Sioux’, 15 e Wing Transport Aérien, Belgian Air Force (Force aérienne belge/Belgische Luchtmacht), Brussels/Melsbroek Air Base, Belgium, 1950

These decals were designed to match 1:144 Roden and Academy/Minicraft kits.

 

Instruction leaflet – decal placement:

DMF14431 C-47 Skytrain–Dakota Post-war Military Service_instr web