Wenela Air Services started life as Africair and was set up to transport migrant mine workers to the gold mines of the (then) Transvaal in South Africa. WNLA (pronounced Wenela) was the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association. The airline operated from 1952 to the mid 1970s. First delivered to the USAAF as C-47B 44-77076 in June 1945; RAF as Dakota IV KN694 June 1945; Tranair as G-AMVL Oct 1952, carried XF746 during 1953; Africair as ZS-DKR Dec 1954; Wenela as VP-YSR Oct 1960; Natal Airways as ZS-DKR mid-1960s, written off Rand 6 Oct 1970. Photographer unknown

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Wenela Air Services started life as Africair and was set up to transport migrant mine workers to the gold mines of the (then) Transvaal in South Africa. WNLA (pronounced Wenela) was the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association. The airline operated from 1952 to the mid 1970s. First delivered to the USAAF as C-47B 44-76925 in May 1945; RAF as Dakota IV KN611 June 1945; Fields as G-ANAS and Africair as ZS-DHY, both July 1953; Wenela as VP-YSM Oct 1960; re-reg'd A2-ZEM Aug 1968; Air Travel of Botswana Oct 1977; Westonaria Skydiving as ZS-KIV Feb 1979; Interocean Airways as C9-ASQ June 1987; Pretoria Air Services as ZS-KIV April 1997; Wimbi Dira Airways as 9Q-CWI Dec 2003. Written off Kalima, DRC 19 June 2005. Photographer unknown

Wenela Air Services started life as Africair and was set up to transport migrant mine workers to the gold mines of the (then) Transvaal in South Africa. WNLA (pronounced Wenela) was the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association. The airline operated from 1952 to the mid 1970s. First delivered to the USAAF as 46-17166 in September 1944, to American Airlines as N90420 in November 1945, then Slick Airways; American International; California Hawaiian before joining Wenela as ZS-EKJ, VP-YUU, and A2-ZEQ. Sold as 9Q-CAQ around 1977/78 reprted operating for AMAZ, Transair Cargo, and Kinair before broken up at Kinsasha ca 1981. The exact dates are sketchy. Photographer unknown

Wenela Air Services started life as Africair and was set up to transport migrant mine workers to the gold mines of the (then) Transvaal in South Africa. WNLA (pronounced Wenela) was the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association. The airline operated from 1952 to the mid 1970s. Delivered to the USSAF as C-54A 42-72232; to the US Navy as R5D-1 39175; to Transocean Air Lines as N49288 in 1946, leased to Pak Air as AP-ADL September 1948, returned Transocean 1949; to Saudia as HZ-AAG: then British Eagle as G-ASPN; to Africair as ZS-IRE April 1972 and Wenela as A2-ZGU June 1972; to Société Générale d'Alimentation as 9Q-CBP later 9Q-CWP; to GLM Aviation as 9Q-CWP, stored at Kinshasa following an engine failure. Photographer unknown

Wenela Air Services started life as Africair and was set up to transport migrant mine workers to the gold mines of the (then) Transvaal in South Africa. WNLA (pronounced Wenela) was the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association. The airline operated from 1952 to the mid 1970s. First delivered to the USAAF as 46-17166 in September 1944, to American Airlines as N90420 in November 1945, then Slick Airways; American International; California Hawaiian before joining Wenela as ZS-EKJ, VP-YUU, and A2-ZEQ. Sold as 9Q-CAQ around 1977/78 reprted operating for AMAZ, Transair Cargo, and Kinair before broken up at Kinsasha ca 1981. The exact dates are sketchy. Photographer unknown

Wenela Air Services started life as Africair and was set up to transport migrant mine workers to the gold mines of the (then) Transvaal in South Africa. WNLA (pronounced Wenela) was the Witwatersrand Native Labour Association. The airline operated from 1952 to the mid 1970s. First delivered to the USAAF as 46-17166 in September 1944, to American Airlines as N90420 in November 1945, then Slick Airways; American International; California Hawaiian before joining Wenela as ZS-EKJ, VP-YUU, and A2-ZEQ. Sold as 9Q-CAQ around 1977/78 reprted operating for AMAZ, Transair Cargo, and Kinair before broken up at Kinsasha ca 1981. The exact dates are sketchy. Photographer unknown