Aircraft Photo of ZS-EKJ | Douglas C-54B Skymaster | Wenela Air Services | AirHistory.net #312291
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:ZS-EKJ
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54B Skymaster
C/n (msn):18366
Operator Titles:Wenela Air Services
Location
City / Airport:Johannesburg - RandMap
Country:South Africa
Airport Codes:ICAO: FAGM   IATA: QRA   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:June 1976
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 312291
Photo Comment

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.

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