Built to a USAAF order as 42-92213 in October 1943, given the RAF serial FL581 on delivery to West Africa early December for immediate delivery to the SAAF as 6813. Serving with the SAAF until sold to Aircraft Operating Company and remaining with initially as ZS-DJK, then VP-YSY (leased to Wenela), and ZS-DJK. To Aerial Surveys Botswana in November 1980. To Executive Air as Z-WRJ in 1986. Crashed at Harare, Zimbabwe October 1988, but rebuilt and served with Ormonds Air. Photographer unknown

Originally delivered to the RAF under lenad-lease as KG743. After a number civil users she was taken on charge with Sabena. In 1969 the aircraft was sold to the Nigerian air force as NAF303 This picture is probably taken shortly before delivery to Nigeria.

Later operated by BOAC as G-AIAZ. It was back with the RAF when sold in Australia in December 1946 as VH-SMI. Later VH-MIN. While VH-MIN is still registered at the time of upload, it has not flown in at least 20 years. It was taken by road from Bankstown airport to a rural property at Larras Lee near Molong, NSW in 2009. Photo from: Imperial War Museums

Photographer: Neil Aird.

Ex G-AJIB, this was the first aircraft of Fairways Rotterdam. The photo was apparently published in September 1961 when a Fairways DC-3 suffered engine trouble while flying back the Feyenoord football team from a match in Gothenburg. They had to spend the night in Aalborg. From 1963 Fairways ran a scheduled service between Rotterdam and Southampton. In 1964 the company was absorbed by Martin's Air Charter. Photo by: Ary Groeneveld / Stadsarchief Rotterdam

This C-47 is preserved near the border between Slovenia and Croatia, where it serves as a monument to a provisional airfield called Piccadilly Hope which was used during World War II to supply partisan troops in their fight against Nazi Germany. Delivered as KG783 to the Royal Air Force in August 1944, it also flew for the French Air Force before it ended up with the Yugoslav Air Force around 1971.

Photographer Mr Zaayman

Although wearing Fujairah Airlines (FIATS) livery, the aircraft was owned by Autair at the time it was photographed outside that company's hangar at Luton in the Spring of 1968. It lingered on there until early 1970 when it was dismantled and moved by road to the Staravia facility at Lasham for parting out. The registration was cancelled in March 1970 as "Permanently Withdrawn From Use".

ex "PH-ALR" (pre WW II orange KLM colours, as displayed at Aviodrome museum), formerly G-AMCA, KN487, 44-76634. It is now painted in RAF-c/s, code "NQ-I" for the musical "Soldaat van Oranje / Soldier of Orange"

Taking a break from pleasure flying duties at the 1974 Air Tattoo. To Air Freight (Skyways Cargo Airline) in November 1975. To VP-LVM February 1980. To N195SP Samuel E. Poole Jr, Carolina, Puerto Rico June 1987. Damaged by Hurricane Hugo September 1989 and left derelict at San Juan PR.

Previously 42-24244, FL523 and 6808 (SAAF). Later 5B-CBE and 5B-CAW

Previously 42-23762 and FD902. Later operated by Channel Airways and broken up at Southend in 1970

With Freight Express titling. Previously 42-92291 and FL647. Later F-OAQJ, PH-DAX and HK-524. Went missing in April 1962 in Colombia

Mildenhall Air Fete 1979. Delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force as 661 on 16 Sep 1942. Declared surplus to requirements in 1969. For the next 23 years the Dakota was operated by the British Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE). Initially, it was given the RAF designation KG661, but in the late 1970s it was realized that the serial number KG661 had, in fact, previously been allocated to another Dakota which had been destroyed in an accident. The error was reported and in July 1979 the Dakota was allocated the 'modern' serial ZA947. Transferred to the BBMF. Current in 2024 on an overhaul.

Ex 42-23546, FD862. To BOAC as G-AGHP in August 1943. Reported ferried to Tripoli, Libya on 11 October 1943. Listed as based at Bristol - Whitchurch at the end of 1945. The logo with the word Speedbird is thought to be postwar. Dakotas carried out the UK - Lagos route, via Lisbon and Bathurst, until July 1947. G-AGHP was seriously damaged at Croydon in August 1947, which thwarted a transfer to Hong Kong Airways - VR-HDO not taken up. To BEA in December 1948. Converted to Leopard class freighter in 1953. Crashed in France in 1958 carrying a Formula 1 car engine for the Vanwall team to Nice for the Monaco Grand Prix. Photo by: Edward Duckworth / Northwestern University Libraries, Illinois

On display outside of the HQ of Ethiopian Airlines - ex 42-23766, FD906, 6802 SAAF, ZS-DDV, G-AJXL, G-AMGD, G-ALXL, VP-YTT, ZS-EKK, 3D-AAV and ZS-IWL. To commemorate the first ET-T-1, which was the first Ethiopian Airlines aircraft, delivered in 1946 - crashed January 1962 at Tippi, Ethiopia