Aircraft Photo of KN231 | Douglas C-47B Dakota Mk.4 | UK - Air Force | AirHistory.net #501906
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:KN231
Military Code:ZA
Aircraft Original Type:Douglas DC-3
Aircraft Generic Type:Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain/Dakota)
Aircraft Version:Douglas C-47B Dakota Mk.4
C/n (msn):27099/15654
Operator Titles:UK - Air Force
Location
City / Area:Johannesburg / Military History Museum [ Off-Airport ]Map
Country:South Africa
Collection:National Museum of Military History
 
Photo Date:25 September 2022
Photo by:Erik Sleutelberg
Photo ID: 501906
Photo Comment

Delivered January 1945 as C-47B 43-49838 and straight to the RAF with the shown serial, around which time this version of the roundel was last applied. Became civil in May 1953, shortly as G-AMWZ followed by 22 years in Sudan as SN-AAH / ST-AAH / 424. To the SAAF in August 1975 as 6850 and donated to this museum in April 2009, after nine years in a casino.

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