Aircraft Photo of VP-YEW | Vickers 616 Viking 1A | Central African Airways - CAA | AirHistory.net #316459
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VP-YEW
Aircraft Original Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Generic Type:Vickers Viking/Valetta
Aircraft Version:Vickers 616 Viking 1A
C/n (msn):146
Operator Titles:Central African Airways - CAA
Location
City / Airport:Wisley (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Airport Codes:None
 
Photo Date:November 1946
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 316459
Photo Comment

This is most probably taken at Vickers' Wisely facility around delivery to Central African Airways in November 1946. She was later named Zambezi after the majestic river and used on the Zambezi service linking the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland with London.

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