Aircraft Photo of VP-YTY | Douglas C54A-DC | Rhodesian Air Services | AirHistory.net #415473
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:VP-YTY
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C54A-DC
C/n (msn):10397
Operator Titles:Rhodesian Air Services
Location
City / Airport:Nairobi - Jomo KenyattaMap
Country:Kenya
Airport Codes:ICAO: HKJK   IATA: NBO   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:1964
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 415473
Photo Comment

Formerly USAAF 42-72292, USN 50849, N88756 with Alaska Airlines and Transocean Air Lines), XA-GUP with Guest Aerovias, and HS-TSC with Thai Airways. Operated for Rhodesian Air Services as VP-YTY from January 1962 until June 1964 when sold to Bechuanaland National Airways as VQ-ZEC. Re-registered in 1968 as A2-ZEC and later as ZS-FLO to Botswana National Airways and VP-YTY to Air Trans Africa. Registered to Affretair as TR-LNV in September 1968 and written off at Uli Airstrip, Biafra on 28th June 1969. Photographer unknown

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