Aircraft Photo of EL-AWX | Douglas C-54D Skymaster | AirHistory.net #410227
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:EL-AWX
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54D Skymaster
C/n (msn):22192
Location
City / Airport:BrakpanMap
Country:South Africa
Airport Codes:ICAO: FABB   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:28 August 1997
Photo by:Tim Spearman
Photo ID: 410227
Photo Comment

Built for the USAF as 43-17242 and entered service in September 1945. Flew with the Danish Air Force as N-242 from 1959 until 1978 and as C-GRYY with Millardair in Canada from 1978 -1991, Registered C9-ATS to Interocean Airways in Mozambique in 1991 and re-registered EL-AWX in 1997. Purchased by Phoebus Apollo in Jan 2000 and donated to the SAA museum at Rand in 2006.

This photo is copyright © Tim Spearman, and may not be used or published in any way without permission.

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