Monday, August 29, 2016

C 47 mission markers


Combat paratrooper missions
3 combat glider missions  ( a soldier is lower to the left pulling a glider behind and above his back foot)
5 combat resupply missions
over 40 freight hauls (freight train with wagons)

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Other C 47 mission symbols are
 red-cross flags  for the number of evacuation misions flown.
 donkey’s stand for supply missions in the Medeteranian,
 Camels indicate supply missions in Northern Africa.

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