A Army Air Forces Air Transport Command Douglas C-47 Skytrain flying over the Giza pyramids in Egypt, during World War II, 1943. Loaded with urgent war supplies and materials, this plane was one of a fleet flying shipments from the across the Atlantic and Africa to strategic battle zones.

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