Douglas C-47A-5-DK Skytrain

(ex Armee de l'Air) - Douglas C-47A-5-DK Skytrain 92449 (msn 12251, call-sign FA') at Le Bourget Airport on display with the Musee de l'air et de l'espace in July 1982. 10 January 1944: delivered to the United States Army Air Force. 25Mar44: Eighth Air Force, 442nd Troop Carrier Group, Fulbeck (Station 488). 6 June 44: Transported paratroopers of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division to a drop zone near Sainte-Mere-eglise, Normandy, France on Mission Boston'. 16 July 1947: To FLC for disposal. To French civil registry as F-BEFB for Aigle-Azur Extreme-Orient. May 1960: To French AF as 92449. 1982: Noted in Musee de l'Air, Paris. 2004: repainted in fake colours and serial number, as Buzz Buggy

442nd 82nd Airborne Armee Bourget Buggy Buzz Call-sign Delivered Disposal Drop Espace Fake Noted Parachute Paratroopers Registry Skytrain Transported

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