Aircraft Photo of ZS-XXX | Douglas C-54A Skymaster | AirHistory.net #806531
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:ZS-XXX
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):10417
Location
City / Airport:Johannesburg - RandMap
Country:South Africa
Airport Codes:ICAO: FAGM   IATA: QRA   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:November 1993
Photo from:Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID: 806531
Photo Comment

Delivered to the USAAF as 42-72312 September 1944, to American Airlines as N90437 post war, Air France as F-BBDR October 1949, after several French airlines she ended with Air Comores as F-BDDR in 1973, later D6-CAA. Sold to the SAAF as 6907 in a clandestine deal in 1981. Withdrawn from SAAF service in 1993 and sold to Africa Cargo Airlines, briefly registered ZS-XXX and then ZS-NJN, 7Q-YYY and finally 3D-NJN. Sold in 1998 as 3D-ADW and used for flights between South Africa and Angloa. Abandonded at Kinsasha late 1990s and scrapped there. Seen here at Rand in SAAF camouflage with ZS-XXX crudely applied and attempted removed. Photographer unknown

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