
Aircraft | |
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Registration / Serial: | VR-NAD |
Aircraft Original Type: | Bristol 170 Freighter |
Aircraft Generic Type: | Bristol 170 Freighter/Wayfarer |
Aircraft Version: | Bristol 170 Freighter Mk21E |
C/n (msn): | 12779 |
Operator Titles: | West African Airways |
Location | |
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City / Airport: | Maiduguri - InternationalMap |
Country: | Nigeria |
Airport Codes: | ICAO: DNMA IATA: MIU Local: - Other: - |
Photo Date: | 1950 to 1952 |
Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
Photo ID: | 635047 |
Photo Comment |
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Like VR-NAA, this aircraft had a brief history with Central African Airways of Rhodesia before going to West African Airways Corporation in 1949. A 1000 m airstrip opened at Maiduguri in 1950. The photographer was on a trip to Khartoum. See photo 635076 for a clear view of the tailfin. WAAC offered cheap passenger flights with its Freighter fleet. VR-NAD crashed on a flight between Enugu and Calabar on 5 February 1955 due to structural failure of the left wing. All 13 on board lost their lives. Photo by: Edward Duckworth / Northwestern University Libraries, Illinois This photo was added on 26 December 2023, and has since been viewed 341 times. |