Aircraft Photo of 6829 | Douglas C-47A Dakota Mk.3 | South Africa - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	6829
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):	12413
Operator Titles:	South Africa - Air Force

Location
City / Airport:	Port ElizabethMap
Country:	South Africa
Airport Codes:	ICAO: FAPE IATA: PLZ Local: - Other: -

Photo Date:	1965
Photo from:	Kjell O Granlund Collection
Photo ID:	807930

Photo Comment
Delivered January 1944 to the USAAF as 42-92595, to the Royal Air Force as Dakota Mk III under lend lease as KG383, and to the South African Air Force as 6829 in 1944. Served the SAAF until December 1995 when sold to South African Airways for their Historical Flight as ZS-BXJ, named Zwartkop. Planned conversion to DC-3C, but used as spares source for ZS-BXF. Sold to a private individual and put on static display in Brentwood Park, Benoni. Seen here at AFB Port Elizabeth in 1965. Photographer unknown This photo was added on 12 May 2025, and has since been viewed 118 times.

Photo Comment

Delivered January 1944 to the USAAF as 42-92595, to the Royal Air Force as Dakota Mk III under lend lease as KG383, and to the South African Air Force as 6829 in 1944. Served the SAAF until December 1995 when sold to South African Airways for their Historical Flight as ZS-BXJ, named Zwartkop. Planned conversion to DC-3C, but used as spares source for ZS-BXF. Sold to a private individual and put on static display in Brentwood Park, Benoni. Seen here at AFB Port Elizabeth in 1965. Photographer unknown

This photo was added on 12 May 2025, and has since been viewed 118 times.

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