Aircraft Photo of 3D-AAL | Douglas C-54A Skymaster | Swazi Air | AirHistory.net #421567
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:3D-AAL
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-4
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-4 (C-54/R5D/Skymaster)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-54A Skymaster
C/n (msn):10325
Operator Titles:Swazi Air
Location
City / Airport:Johannesburg - RandMap
Country:South Africa
Airport Codes:ICAO: FAGM   IATA: QRA   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:30 August 1973
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 421567
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as 42-72220 in June 1944, transferred directly to the US Navy as R5D-1 Bu. No. 39172. Then to Northwest Airlines as NC49529 in 1946, leased to Pacific Overseas Airlines as N49529 in 1948. Joined Icelandair in 1962, from February 1963 as TF-FID. Four years later, it moved to South Africa and joined Africair/Wenela Air Services as ZS-FCK. After a short tenure, it was leased by Botswana National Airways as VQ-ZEG, later A2-ZEG. The following year it returned to South Africa as ZS-FCK with Protea Airways. Swazi Air Leased it in October 1970 as VQ-ZJN and from May 1971 3D-AAL

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