Delivered new to BOAC 18 August 1949, to EAAC 29 August 1957 and then Transglobe 4 September 1964. Withdrawn from use November 1965 and broken up during 1966. Photographer unknown

c/n 6874 was sold off later to Caspair and written off in the Congo 1961

Photographer unknown

Built in 1958 for Hunting Clan and here on lease to EAA. In 1969 it was sold to Donaldson International Airways and was scrapped at Luton (EGGW) in November 1971.

Seen at Embakasi with the first post-indepence colour scheme with the three national flags of Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania (l ot r). This Dakota first served with the RAF, then East African Airways before joining other operators in Kenya. Crashed at Mara, Kenya in 1992. Photographer unknown

Taken ca 1966, this Chileka scene is typical for the mid-1960s with the EAAC Comet freshly painted in the new colour scheme introduced in 1965. In the background is a Central African Airways Viscount with Air Malawi stairs in front. CAA had become an operating company for Air Malawi, Air Rhodesia, and Zambia Airways with each airline's titles applied depending on the flight. Photographer unknown

Note the flags on the tail. The flag of the country of registration is on the top, Tanzania on the Dakota and Kenya on the DC-9. The third aircraft is EAAC's long-haul aircraft, the Super VC.10. Unknown photographer

Note the composition of the flags on the tail. The flag of the country of registration is on the top, in this case Kenya. This is the former VP-KJU from the pre-independence EAAC. She served until written off as 5Y-AAF 27 August 1975 when the landing gear collapsed at Mtwara in south-eastern Tanzania. Photographer unknown

VP-KJU continued in the post-independence EAAC until she was written off as 5Y-AAF 27 August 1975 when the landing gear collapsed at Mtwara in south-eastern Tanzania. Photographer unknown

This is the first EAAC Comet. It later went to Dan-Air as a spares airframe. Photographer unknown

Arguably the most beautiful colour scheme on a Super VC10. First flown from Brooklands to Wisely, UK 3 September 1966. Delivered to EAAC 30 September and flown to Nairobi via Rome and Cairo 11 October and operated the first scheduled EAAC Super VC10 service 13 October 1966. Written off after hitting a jacking pad on the runway at Addis Ababa 18 April 1972. Photographer unknown

Arguably the most beautiful colour scheme on a Super VC10. First flown from Brooklands to Wisely, UK 21 March 1967. Delivered to EAAC 21 March 1967 serving with the airline until it collapsed due to political interference in January 1977. Flown to the UK in May and sold to the RAF for conversion to K3 tanker in September 1977. Delivered to the RAF 4 July 1984 serving until retired in 2013 and flown to Newquay 28 August 2013 for preservation, registered as N148ZA on 1 November 2021. Broken up at Newquay in late 2023 and moved to St Athan where the forward fuselage is to be preserved at the South Wales Aviation Museum. Photographer unknown

Sold to RAF as ZA147 in 1978

Delivered new 30th Apr 1969 and to RAF as ZA149 Aug 1977

Sold in Australia as VH-MAL in June 1951. De Havilland publicity photo. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

To Gulf Aviation as G-AMJZ in 1951. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

Lining up for a 28L evening departure this lovely VC10 served EAA from new in 1967 until sale to Royal Air Force as ZA148. Scanned from a slide

The Pan Am 747 with 5 engines (N754PA) behind this E.A.A VC-10 makes this shot a bit special

Ex RAF C-47B Dakota KN418. Served EAAC 02.53 until 1977, initially as VP-KJQ, when 'K' meant Kenya within the UK colonial sequence. Later to ZS-OJE and current in 2006.

Served East African from December 1968 until August 1973. Later 5Y-BEK.