This DC-3 was manufactured in 1942 by Douglas Aircraft Company Incorporated. It was completed as a DC-3 airliner after to the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, and later served with the U.S. Army Air Forces as a C-49J. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company donated it to the Museum in 1983.
Douglas DC-3
The DC series of aircraft was developed in response to the challenge posed by the Boeing 247 and culminated in the magnificent DC-3, the most successful air transport of all time. By 1939 the DC-3 accounted for 90% of world airline trade.