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Nicknames for the DC-3 (C-47) (missing Dakota and Skytrain):
Nicknames: Gooney Bird; Super DC-3 (R4D-8); Skytrooper; Biscuit Bomber;
Tabby (NATO code name for the Showa L2D); Cab (NATO code name for Lisunov
Li-2); Dumbo (SC-47 Search-and Rescue variant); Sister Gabby/Bull**** Bomber
(EC-47 dispensing propaganda-leaflets in Vietnam); Spooky/Puff the Magic
Dragon (AC-47 Gunship); Dowager Dutchess; Old Methuselah; The Placid
Plodder; Dizzy Three; Old Bucket Seats; Duck; Dak; Dakleton (South African
C-47s which replaced their Avro Shackletons), Vomit Comet (Nickname used by
US Army paratroops during the Normandy invasion.)
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