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C-53 & D-Day Invasion with the Warbirds Living History Group
The Warbirds Living History Group joins the Texas Flying Legends Museum for a D-Day re-enactment. Members will paint invasion stripes and nose art on the TFLM’s C-53 (transport version of the DC-3/C-47) Monday starting at 10 a.m., re-enacting D-Day invasion preparations of June 1944. Nose art from the C-53 Duchess of Dakota will be painted on while the re-enactors paint the stripes. During World War II, Murray Lawler named his aircraft in honor of his wife Margaret. We will welcome Margaret Lawler to Oshkosh with “her” aircraft.
| Registration Number | Date of Manufacture |
| N603MC | |
| Aircraft Role | Nickname |
| Transport | C-53 |
| Aircraft Type: | Wingspan: |
| Douglas C-53 or DC 3 | 95 feet |
| Overall length: | Empty weight: |
| 64 feet 5.5 inches | 16,865 pounds |
| Gross weight: | Fuel capacity: |
| 25,200 pounds | 2125 miles |
| Oil capacity | Engine type: |
| Two 1200 hp Pratt & Whitney R1830 radial piston engines | |
| Propeller type: | Max Speed |
| Three Blade Hamilton Standard | 230 mph |
| Rate of Climb | Cruise Speed |
| 207 mph | |
| Service Ceiling | Number of Crew |
| 23,200 feet | Two Crew |
| Armament | Bomb Load |
| None | None |
| Number Built | Number Surviving |
| 13177 | 300+ |
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