C-47 Skytrain

S11 E8: Originally designed as a luxury passenger aircraft, the C-47 evolved into a battle-tested workhorse of the U.S. military. From World War II through most of the 1970s, it served a variety of roles, from transport plane to flying hospital to attack craft. Through archival footage and firsthand accounts, we examine the Skytrain’s most thrilling assignments, kickstarting D-Day and dropping over 13,000 paratroopers into France, lifting injured soldiers out of danger in the Pacific, and taking the fight to the enemy over the jungles of Vietnam.