| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 6908 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster) |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-54A Skymaster |
| C/n (msn): | 10413 |
| Operator Titles: | South Africa - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | SwartkopMap |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: FASK IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | April 1990 |
| Photo from: | Kjell O Granlund Collection |
| Photo ID: | 531796 |
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Delivered to the USAAF as 42-72308 in 1944, then to Northwest as NC14747 before moving to Capital and later Transamerica as N95409. Air Algerie was the next stop as F-OAVS then 7T-VAS. In 1973 she became F-BRHE with Air Comores. Reregistered D6-CAC before clandestinely sold to the SAAF in the early 1980s as 6908. She later became 9Q-CJ, EL-WBB and 3D-JHL with TAC Air Service. Finally scrapped at Rand Airport in 2006. This photo was added on 21 December 2022, and has since been viewed 3027 times. |