Aircraft Photo of ZS-BXF | Douglas C-47A Skytrain | South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens | AirHistory.net #347221
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:ZS-BXF
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47A Skytrain
C/n (msn):12107
Display Paint:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
Aircraft Name:Klapperkop
Location
City / Airport:Johannesburg - OR Tambo InternationalMap
Country:South Africa
Airport Codes:ICAO: FAOR   IATA: JNB   Local: -   Other: -
Collection:South African Airways Historic Flight
 
Photo Date:18 January 2005
Photo by:Paul Seymour
Photo ID: 347221
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as 42-92320 then to the RAF as FZ572 in 1943. To the SAAF as 6821 in 1944 then to South African Airways as ZS-BXF in 1948, Back to the SAAF as 6888 in 1971 then to the South African Airways Historic Flight as ZS-BXF in 1991. Being repaired after a forced landing at Lanseria in 2003.

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