Talk:1947 Croydon Dakota accident
Latest comment: 11 years ago by Petebutt in topic A Rose by any other name
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A Rose by any other name edit
I have modified this
Douglas C-47A Skytrain (Dakota) {{#tag:ref|Although officially Dakota relates to aircraft flown by British commonwealth forces it was also the common name for any of the Douglas C-47/DC-3 family in use in the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth. The aircraft in the accident was a former United States Air Force C-47A Skytrain but was referred to in contemporary sources as a Dakota.|group=N}}
Why compound the error by using the US military designation.
- The aircraft WAS a Douglas C-47A Skytrain
- Dakota was not used with the US military designation
So the text can read
Douglas C-47A Skytrain (Dakota) {{#tag:ref|Although officially Dakota relates to aircraft flown by British commonwealth forces it was also the common name for any of the Douglas C-47/DC-3 family in use in the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth. The aircraft in the accident was a former United States Air Force C-47A Skytrain but was referred to in contemporary sources as a Dakota.|group=N}}
or
Douglas Dakota (C-47A Skytrain) {{#tag:ref|Although officially Dakota relates to aircraft flown by British commonwealth forces it was also the common name for any of the Douglas C-47/DC-3 family in use in the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth. The aircraft in the accident was a former United States Air Force C-47A Skytrain but was referred to in contemporary sources as a Dakota.|group=N}}