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Berlin airlift Dakota C4 questions.


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Hi all,

 

I'm wishing to model a 10 sqn Dakota C4 as used during the Berlin airlift, code ZA

 

My first question is are there any external differences between a post war C4 and the Airfix Dakota mk III ?

 

Secondly can anyone suggest a good source of 10 squadron images during this period ?

 

Finally does anyone produce 1/72 squadron crest decals, as fitted on the nose of RAF Dakotas ?

 

 

Many thanks

 

Phil

 

 

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Not limited to the RAF, and it's in German, but the book "Auftrag Luftbrücke, der Himmel über Berlin 1948-1949" is also a very nice book, with lots of photo's about all aspects of the airlift period. ISBN 3-87584-692-3, published by the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin in 1998.

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The Dakota Mk. III was equivalent to the C-47A and the Dakota Mk. IV to the C-47B.  The latter had R-1830-90 engines with two-stage superchargers for better high altitude performance but appears externally identical to the former.

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