bugsmasher noun a Beech C-47 Expeditor, a military transport plane used from World War 2 until early in the Vietnam war US
— Linda Reinberg, IntheField, p. 30, 1991
Still, he had never actually flown in a Navy plane other than the COD, the Carrier Onboard Delivery Plane, the ugly bugsmasher that carried parts and people. — James Huston, BalanceofPower, p. 122, 1999