“Why would anyone scrap a WW2 aircraft?”
Scrap hell, they rebuild the aircraft completely, install turboprop engines, and set it up to fly another 60 years! Some version of the DC-3 will probably fly into the 2100’s.
When WWII started my father was a line supervisor at Douglas making DC-3/C-47s......Although he tried to enlist Douglas refused to let him go saying that he was an essential War materials worker......yep Rosie the Riveter worked for dad.....lololol.....What a way to win the war!
I saw a DC-3 flying out of our local airport this past weekend. I heard it first, one of the engines was abnormally loud.