Registration / Serial:5Y-BBN
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47B Dakota Mk.4
C/n (msn):32845/16097
Operator Titles:AirKenya
City / Airport:Keekorok Airstrip, Masai Mara (KEU / HKKE)
Country:Kenya
Photo Date:27 October 1990
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:522811Submit Correction
View count: 332
Built as 44-76513 and delivered to the RAF in March 1945 as KN419. Sold to East African Airways as VP-KJR in February 1952 and re-registered as 5X-AAQ in August 1964. Sold to Kenya in 1977 as 5Y-BBN with Caspair, which in 1984 was re-branded as Sunbird Aviation. Air Kenya operated the aircraft from 1987 until it crashed, landing at Musiara airstrip in the Masai Mara in February 1992. Deemed uneconomical to repair the aircraft was later dismantled and used for spares.
Registration / Serial:5Y-BBN
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47B Dakota Mk.4
C/n (msn):32845/16097
Operator Titles:AirKenya
City / Airport:Keekorok Airstrip, Masai Mara (KEU / HKKE)
Country:Kenya
Photo Date:27 October 1990
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Registration / Serial:5Y-BBN
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47B Dakota Mk.4
C/n (msn):32845/16097
Operator Titles:AirKenya
City / Airport:Keekorok Airstrip, Masai Mara (KEU / HKKE)
Country:Kenya
Photo Date:27 October 1990
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact
Photo ID:522811Submit Correction
View count: 332
Built as 44-76513 and delivered to the RAF in March 1945 as KN419. Sold to East African Airways as VP-KJR in February 1952 and re-registered as 5X-AAQ in August 1964. Sold to Kenya in 1977 as 5Y-BBN with Caspair, which in 1984 was re-branded as Sunbird Aviation. Air Kenya operated the aircraft from 1987 until it crashed, landing at Musiara airstrip in the Masai Mara in February 1992. Deemed uneconomical to repair the aircraft was later dismantled and used for spares.
Registration / Serial:5Y-BBN
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47B Dakota Mk.4
C/n (msn):32845/16097
Operator Titles:AirKenya
City / Airport:Keekorok Airstrip, Masai Mara (KEU / HKKE)
Country:Kenya
Photo Date:27 October 1990
Photo by:Tim SpearmanContact