
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | VP-YSM |
Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota) |
Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-47A Dakota Mk.3 |
C/n (msn): | 33257/16509 |
Operator Titles: | Wenela Air Services |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Johannesburg - RandMap |
Country: | South Africa |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: FAGM IATA: QRA Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | 30 June 1961 |
Photo from: | Kjell O Granlund Collection |
Photo ID: | 386736 |
Photo Comment |
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Wenela Air Services started life as Africair and was set up to transport migrant mine workers to the gold mines of the (then) Transvaal in South Africa. WNLA (pronounced Wenela) was the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association. The airline operated from 1952 to the mid 1970s. This photo was added on 27 August 2021, and has since been viewed 711 times. |