These walk-around photos were taken outside Flygvapenmuseum at Malmen outside Linköping in 2022, where the aircraft is displayed on static outdoor exhibit. They show a Douglas C-47A Skytrain, designated Tp 79 in Swedish service, individual number 79007, coded F 13-797 — a D-Day era transport with an unusually complete life story spanning three countries and nearly four decades of active service.
Built in Oklahoma City in 1944 and delivered to the US Army Air Forces as 42-93706, the aircraft served in Europe with the 9th Air Force during the final year of the Second World War. After the war it entered civilian service, flying with Norwegian carrier DNL as "Nordheim" and later "Hallvard Viking", before passing to AB Aerotransport and Linjeflyg with the Swedish registration SE-CFR. It was purchased by the Swedish Air Force in June 1960 as 79007, initially based at F 8 with the code "77" before being recoded "797" in 1980 and operating from Malmslätt. During its Swedish service it flew transport, parachute and liaison missions, accumulating over 30,000 flying hours before being retired in 1982 and transferred directly to Flygvapenmuseum — making it one of the earliest acquisitions when the museum began preserving the type.
Individual 79007 is a counterpart to the famous 79001 displayed inside — the DC-3 shot down over the Baltic in 1952. Where that aircraft tells the story of Cold War tragedy, this one represents the long workhorse career of the Tp 79 in everyday Swedish Air Force service.