The recent rescue and relocation of the C-119 was the final acquisition following the recovery of the fuselage of C-47 Serial No. 43-49240 which was moved by road to Redhill during late Summer. 43-49240 saw service in the India-China theatre in WW2. After the war
it moved to Europe and was transferred to the Belgium Air Force (as K-1, radio call sign O-CWA) in 1946. During 1952 it was re-registered to OO-SMA and a year later OT-CWA. It saw service in the Congo from 1954 to 1960. In Dec 73 it had reached the end of its usefullness and was stored at Koksijde. In 2000 it was located at Schaffen-Diest (small airfield in Belgium) and during 2001 it was transported to North Weald in essex, to participate in “Sword of Honour” where 43-49240 was used to represent a crash landing. The museum has also obtained the forward cockpit section of C-47 42-100611 which was used for the filming of Band of Brothers. The cockpit of 42-100611 will now be matted onto 43-49240 to create a walk through fuselage attraction for the museum where it is planned that the fuselage will stand testament to all those air crews who were shot down on the D- Day operations and information panels will record the names dedicated to their remembrance. 42-100611 saw service during World War Two but with her wartime service log being ‘missing’ it has been hard to track down her exact history and any help to throw some light on this wartime history and or photos would be gratefully appreciated.