Aircraft Photo of AF104 | Douglas C-47B Skytrain | Zambia - Air Force | AirHistory.net #301940
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:AF104
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47B Skytrain
C/n (msn):33182/16434
Operator Titles:Zambia - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Nairobi - Jomo KenyattaMap
Country:Kenya
Airport Codes:ICAO: HKJK   IATA: NBO   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:13 April 1967
Photo from:Jonathan Verschuuren Collection
Photo ID: 301940
Photo Comment

The story on how the Zambia Air Force received the Dakotas and Pembrokes dates back to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and its break up in late 1963 when Nyasaland became Malawi, Northern Rhodesia became Zambia, and Southern Rhodesia became Rhodesia. The ZAF inherited four Dakotas and two Pembrokes from the Federal air force, the Royal Rhodesian Air Force. The Alouettes and Hunters remained south of the Zambezi in Rhodesia.

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