C-47

From Turtledove

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota is a military transport that was developed from the Douglas DC-3 airliner. It was used extensively by the Allied Forces during World War II and remained in front line operations through the 1950s with a few remaining in operation to this day.

[edit] C-47 in The Man With the Iron Heart

A German Freedom Front Werewolf named Ernst Neulen hijacked a C-47 in 1947, and crashed it into a courthouse in Berlin, killing hundreds and preventing the trials of several Nazi leaders.