14439 Orient Express 1/144 Douglas C-47 Transport aircraft

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the First batch of twenty-five C-47 had to pass in may-June 1942, but was followed by some delays, because of which the first seven C-47 was delivered to the air base Landfill in Alaska in September. On September 25, Soviet crews arrived from Chukotka for these aircraft. However, the American side suspended the delivery of the C-47 until a special order was received only in early October. Only American side has allocated 709 C-47, to the place of acceptance (Landfill Alaska) reached 707. All of them were accepted by the Soviet mission. 704 cars arrived in Krasnoyarsk. There is at least two disasters of the C-47 on the highway - may 25, 1943 in Krasnoyarsk and 30 may 1944 in Walikale.