Aircraft Photo of VP-YSM | Douglas C-47A Dakota Mk.3 | Wenela Air Services

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	VP-YSM
Aircraft Original Type:	Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:	Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:	Douglas C-47A Dakota Mk.3
C/n (msn):	33257/16509
Operator Titles:	Wenela Air Services

Location
City / Airport:	Johannesburg - RandMap
Country:	South Africa
Airport Codes:	ICAO: FAGM IATA: QRA Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	30 June 1961
Photo from:	Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:	386736

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. This photo was added on 27 August 2021, and has since been viewed 366 times.

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.

This photo was added on 27 August 2021, and has since been viewed 366 times.

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