Aircraft Photo of 6865 | Douglas C-47B Skytrain | South Africa - Air Force | AirHistory.net #454244
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:6865
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):33478/16730
Operator Titles:South Africa - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Cape Town - InternationalMap
Country:South Africa
Airport Codes:ICAO: FACT   IATA: CPT   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:30 March 1992
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 454244
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as 44-77146 then to the RNZAF as NZ3547 in 1945. To NZNAC as ZK-AZM in 1953. Back to the RNZAF as NZ3547 in 1966 then back to ZK-AZM in 1978. Sold as D6-CAD then to the SAAF as 6865 in 1981. Conversion to a C-47TP abandoned. To Dodson Aviation as N8190X in 1998 and stored at Wonderboom. Moved to Freeway Airstrip in 2011 and scrapped between 2015 and 2019.

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