
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | ZS-DGN |
Aircraft Original Type: | Avro 685 York |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Avro 685 York |
Aircraft Version: | Avro 685 York C1 |
C/n (msn): | [ MW107 ] |
Operator Titles: | Tropic Airways |
Aircraft Name: | Oubaas |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | BlackbusheMap |
Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: EGLK IATA: BBS Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | 5 June 1955 |
Photo by: | R.A.Scholefield |
Photo ID: | 10258 |
Photo Comment |
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Ringway-built and delivered to RAF as MW107 in April 1944. Immediately passed to the South African A.F. as 4999 for use by General Smuts in VIP role, named "Oubaas". Sold to Tropic Airways in 1952 and then to MEA as OD-ACN in 1956. Crashed at Lahore on 6 April 1962. This photo is copyright © R.A.Scholefield, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 19 September 2017, and has since been viewed 846 times. |