Built in 1959 and arrived at the Monino museum in 1976, marked "10 red"

Built in 1960 for the Soviet AF, registered CCCP-64457 to MAP Omsk Motors in 1976, transferred to MAP Kaluga Motors in 1988 and Santa Cruz Imperial in 1996. Reregistered EL-WVA in December 1997, quickly changed to EL-WHL in January 1998 - my Nov 2000 photo at Kigali here

Built in 1960 for the Soviet AF, registered CCCP-69334 to MAP Omsk Motors in 1980, to EL-WVA (2nd use) with Air Pass by 1998, 3X-CGQ with Sant'Air in 2003, Pegasus Aviation in 2004 and 9Q-CXI with Uhuru Airlines in 2005. Stored at Kinshasa and scrapped in 2010

Built in 1961 for the Soviet AF, registered CCCP-78739 to MAP Moskovski OAO in 1976, transferred to MAP Kaluga Motors in 1988 and Santa Cruz Imperial in 1996. Crashed on take-off from Mogadishu, 12th March 1998. Registration EL-ALE subsequently re-used on An-8 0A3401

Built in 1962 and registered CCCP-69353 to MAP Kaluga Motors in 1981. Cannibalised and scrapped at Sharjah by October 2004

Built for the Soviet AF in 1960, registered CCCP-69343 to MAP Kaluga Motors in 1981. To Santa Cruz Imperial as EL-ALC in 1996, soon changed to J2-KBG then EL-AKY in 1997 and 9L-LEO in 2004. De-registered by Sierra Leone in October 2004, it became S9-DBC, also marked 6O-DBC for a while. On overhaul at Nairobi in October 2005 as S9-DBC but like others of the type, declared no longer airworthy by Antonov. Despite this was flying from Goma in 2006 and 2008 with Kisangani Airlift. Noted dumped at Goma in bad condition in 2012, scrapped by 2016. Confusingly, An-8 0Zh3410 also used regs EL-ALC & AKY

Crashed on take-off Mogadishu 12mar98

operated by Great Lake Business Company - possibly crashed at Kongolo (DRC) in January 2005 (photographer not known)

(photographer not known)

she did get a new paintjob a couple of months later when repainted into the colors of Santa Cruz Imperial (photographer not known)

Small Aeroflot titles on the nose, but operating for Daallo Airlines.

ex Soviet Air Force, civilianised in 1979. With Bismillah until 2005. Became S9-DAJ with Fits Air. Photographer unknown.

Formerly RA-69350 with Kit Air, then to Santa Cruz Imperial as EL-ALQ, later transferred to Southern Cross Cargo as 3D-ADI. It ended up with Trans Air Congo, again as EL-ALQ. Scrapped as such some 20 years ago.