Just out of curiosity; WWII airplane

[Michael Loje]

Last week, a world war 2 vintage two engine plane with military markings was flying repeatedly over Lakewood. Anyone else see it or know anything about it?

[Heather Ramsey]

Saw somebody say the same thing in my Facebook feed, but unfortunately he just had the same question.

[Michael Loje]

Hmmmm. At least it wasn't just my imagination.

[Roy Pitchford]

I saw it too. Looked like a B-17 from my vantage point (4 engines rather than 2) if that helps anyone find out why it was flying around.



If it was 2 engines, then I'm not sure.
http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/ww2-us-military-bomber-aircraft.asp

A-20 Havoc, B-26 Invader, B-18 Bolo, B-25 Mitchell...

[Stan Austin]

I saw it. It had two engines. I thought it was a Coast Guard plane because they use the slower prop planes for searches.

[Gary Rice]

I saw it too.

It appears to have been a Douglas C-47 Dakota/Skytrain aircraft, developed from the pre-WWII DC-3 passenger aircraft and used by the hundreds as troop carrier/paratrooper and cargo aircraft in WWII and Korea. These were used as late as the Vietnam War as rapid-firing gun platforms. At that time, they were known as AC-47 "Spooky".

(I used to LOVE to build model planes!)

Whether these aircraft might still be in use by the Coast Guard around here, I could not say, but these planes were real work horses, so that could be a real possibility.

[David Westlake]

It appears to have been a Douglas C-47 Dakota/Skytrain aircraft, developed from the pre-WWII DC-3 passenger aircraft and used by the hundreds as troop carrier/paratrooper and cargo aircraft in WWII and Korea. These were used as late as the Vietnam War as rapid-firing gun platforms. At that time, they were known as AC-47 "Spooky".
(I used to LOVE to build model planes!)

I also saw it about three times on Tuesday last week. It was flying very slow, and fairly low. I'm pretty sure it had two props and looked much like the C-47 in your pictures, but it was all white. It looked like more of a restored post-war Air Force plane rather than a current Coast Guard one. Didn't see any evidence of Coast Guard markings. Cool looking plane.

[Stephen Eisel]