Chance to specify WW2 USAAF Dakota identity.
We have a 1944 C-47A Dakota at the Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre, an accredited museum and registered charity in Lincolnshire, UK. The Dakota has recently been housed in a purpose built hangar after several years of display in the open air. We have a maintenance and restoration programme with an aim to restore it fully back to it's 1944 appearance. It is currently on display and open to the public.
Although RAF Metheringham was primarily a Lancaster bomber base in WW2, some USAAF Dakotas did operate through the airfield in a Medivac role, transporting casualties to and from the US Military Hospital at nearby Nocton Hall after D-Day.
The paint finish has faded badly over the years outside and we would like to repaint the aircraft in USAAF colours on the port side, to reflect the numerous aircraft that operated in the Medivac role through RAF Metheringham. The starboard side will be in RAF markings, the actual identity of this C-47 was KG651 when it was delivered to the RAF in June 1944 from the USA.
The identity of the RAF side is fixed by history but the USAAF side will be painted to represent a European Theatre of Operations 1944-45 USAAF C-47. The basic scheme will be the then standard colours of Dark Olive Drab over Neutral Gray, with D-Day invasion stripes.
We are offering the opportunity, for a single donation of £1000 towards the cost of the repaint, to specify the identity of the USAAF side. Any serial numbers, nose art or painted features can be specified by the donor but they must be representative of a real aircraft. This will be retained for at least two years and displayed to the public at the museum.
If this offer is of interest then please contact us via email link enquiries@metheringhamairfield.co.uk and state Dakota Paint Appeal as the subject for more information.
We have a 1944 C-47A Dakota at the Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre, an accredited museum and registered charity in Lincolnshire, UK. The Dakota has recently been housed in a purpose built hangar after several years of display in the open air. We have a maintenance and restoration programme with an aim to restore it fully back to it's 1944 appearance. It is currently on display and open to the public.
Although RAF Metheringham was primarily a Lancaster bomber base in WW2, some USAAF Dakotas did operate through the airfield in a Medivac role, transporting casualties to and from the US Military Hospital at nearby Nocton Hall after D-Day.
The paint finish has faded badly over the years outside and we would like to repaint the aircraft in USAAF colours on the port side, to reflect the numerous aircraft that operated in the Medivac role through RAF Metheringham. The starboard side will be in RAF markings, the actual identity of this C-47 was KG651 when it was delivered to the RAF in June 1944 from the USA.
The identity of the RAF side is fixed by history but the USAAF side will be painted to represent a European Theatre of Operations 1944-45 USAAF C-47. The basic scheme will be the then standard colours of Dark Olive Drab over Neutral Gray, with D-Day invasion stripes.
We are offering the opportunity, for a single donation of £1000 towards the cost of the repaint, to specify the identity of the USAAF side. Any serial numbers, nose art or painted features can be specified by the donor but they must be representative of a real aircraft. This will be retained for at least two years and displayed to the public at the museum.
If this offer is of interest then please contact us via email link enquiries@metheringhamairfield.co.uk and state Dakota Paint Appeal as the subject for more information.
