| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 52-945 |
| Alternate Serial: | 20945 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Douglas C-124 Globemaster II |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Douglas C-124 Globemaster II |
| Aircraft Version: | Douglas C-124C Globemaster II |
| C/n (msn): | 43854 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Unit Markings: | MATS - Military Air Transport Service |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | KaminaMap |
| Country: | Congo-Kinshasa |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: FZSA IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 1962 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 350112 |
| Photo Comment |
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MATS Globemaster II at the modern Kamina airbase during the Congo Crisis. Known as BaKa to the Belgians, this had been a Belgian flying training centre. The Belgian government had also made plans to rule from a 'national redoubt' in Kamina in case of a Soviet occupation of the motherland. Photo by: Gilbert Casselsjö / Flygvapenmuseum This photo was added on 3 April 2021, and has since been viewed 807 times. |