Douglas DC-3 - Variants

Variants

DST

Douglas Sleeper Transport, the initial variant, 24 passengers during day and fitted out with 16 sleeper accommodation in the cabin for night.

DC-3

Variant of DST with 21 passenger seats.

DC-3A

Improved DC-3 with two 1,200 hp (895 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-21 radial piston engines.

DC-3B

Improved DC-3 with two Wright R-1820 Cyclone engines.

DC-3C

Designation for ex-military C-47, C-53 and R4D aircraft rebuilt by Douglas Aircraft in 1946, given new manufacturers numbers and sold on the civil market.

DC-3D

Designation for 28 new aircraft completed by Douglas in 1946 using unused components from USAAF C-117s.

DC-3S

Super DC-3, improved DC-3 with a new wing and tail, and fitted with two Pratt & Whitney R-2000 engines of increased horsepower. Five completed by Douglas for civil use using existing surplus secondhand airframes. Designation also used for examples of the 100 US Navy R4Ds that had been converted by Douglas to this standard as R4D-8s (later C-117Ds), that entered civil use after retirement from the military.

LXD1

A single DC-3 supplied for evaluation by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.

C-41A

A single DC-3A (40-070) modified as a VIP transport, powered by two 1,200 hp (895 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1830-21 radial piston engines, used to fly the Secretary of War. (The Douglas C-41 was not a DC-3 derivative but a modification of a Douglas C-33.)

C-48

One former United Air Lines DC-3A impressed.

C-48A

Three impressed DC-3As with 18-seat interiors.

C-48B

Sixteen impressed former United Air Lines DST-As with 16-berth interior used as air ambulances.

C-48C

Sixteen impressed DC-3As with 21-seat interiors.

C-49

Various DC-3 and DST models, 138 impressed into service as C-49, C-49A, C-49B, C-49C, C-49D, C-49E, C-49F, C-49G, C-49H, C-49J, and C-49K.

C-50

Various DC-3 models, 14 impressed as C-50, C-50A, C-50B, C-50C and C-50D.

C-51

One aircraft ordered by Canadian Colonial Airlines impressed into service, had starboard-side door.

C-52

DC-3A aircraft with R-1830 engines, five impressed as C-52, C-52A, C-52B, C-52C and C-52D.

C-68

Two DC-3As impressed with 21-seat interiors.

C-84

One impressed DC-3B aircraft.

R4D-2

Two Eastern Air Lines DC-3s impressed into USN service as VIP transports, later designated R4D-2F and later R4D-2Z.

R4D-4

Ten impressed DC-3s for the US Navy

R4D-4R

Seven impressed DC-3s as staff transports for the US Navy.

R4D-4Q

Radar countermeasures version of R4D-4 for the US Navy.

Dakota II

RAF designation for impressed DC-3s