Pratt and Whitney Radials - DC3 Dakota and Harvard Pair

Aero Legends Douglas DC-3 Dakota, KP220, G-ANAF displaying with their North American T-6G Texan pair, during the Headcorn Battle of Britain Airshow 2022. The Texans are powered by a single Pratt & Whitney R-1340 and the Dakota by a pair of Pratt & Whitney R-1830’s. Dakota KP220:- C-47B Dakota KP220 was completed at the Douglas Aircraft plant at Santa Monica, California, USA on 8 June 1945. It was given USAAF serial 44-77104, but on 9 June was flown to Montreal, Canada and transferred to the Royal Air Force (RAF), becoming Dakota KP220. It was ferried to Britain and delivered to 435 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), coded ’OFM-R’, based at Down Ampney on 1 December. In March 1946 435 Squadron returned to Canada, and KP220 was transferred to 46 Group’s Air Officer Commanding (AOC), operating from Croydon. On 27 March 1947 KP220 was transferred to 24 (Commonwealth) Squadron, coded ’ODA-H’, at RAF Bassingbourn, used for short range VIP flights. Be