Unknown photographer

Unknown photographer

Delivered to the USAAF 28 March 1945 as 44-76629, to the RAF as KN483 3 April 1945, and 28 Sqd SAAF as 6881 6 October 1945. To Africair/Wenela Air Service 7 November 1953 first as ZS-DIV, then VP-YSN and A2-ZEN. Returned to the SAAF ca 1980 as the second 6855. Hit by surface to air missile in then South West Africa 1 May 1986, damaged and repaired. Partially converted to C-47TP December 1997, to Dodson Aviation as N914Q 14 July 1998, to Dodson International as ZS-OJJ 15 November 1999, later Rossair, Naturelink, Limpopo Air Service, UN Humanitarian Air Service. To Preferred Air Parts as N561PT 30 January 2017, to Missionary Flights International as the third N300MF 4 April 2025. Photographer unknown

Even wearing Aeronavale roundel this bird is Air Force. Navy pilots wants to say they are also here for fighter cursus

Operated by CEV

Photographer: Yvon COZANNET

PH-AGI was operated by KLM from March 1985 untill December 1996. After freighter conversion the airbus was operated by Federal Express as N429FE.

1717 was one of the first two of Shackletons delivered to the SAAF on 18 August 1957, the other was 1716/J. The aircraft were supposed to painted in alphabethcial order starting with 1716 as J and ending with Q on 1723. However, the squadron commander at the time Commandant M J Uys requested that his machine was given the code O as that was his wartime code letter. 1717/O was retired with the rest of the fleet in 1984 and put on display at the Midmar Dam in Natal and later moved to Stanger, KwaZulu-Natal. Photographer unknown

Photographer: Svatopluk Hrncirik. K25 slide scan. Delivered 1978 as CCCP-47327 in Aeroflot colours To Cuban Air Force, serialled 12-24. Transferred to Aerocaribberan as CU-T115 1983. Withdrawn Havanna 2001, last noted 2002.

ex G-AYEX, became N707HL with HCL Aviation, then 67-19417 with the USAF (photographer not known)

Photographer: Not known. K64 slide scan. Delivered 1973 as CCCP-46628 to Aeroflot Central Region. Air Mali TZ-AJL 1985, transferred to Republique du Mali 1990. Malitas 1992, withdrawn Timbuktu by 1997, still noted derelict 2018. Location unknown but certainly taken in West Africa

This ATR-42 was only active on the Dutch registry from 3 January 1986 untill 7 March 1986. Previously: F-GEGC, F-WEGC. Later on to: F-WEGE, F-GEGE, F-OICG

Photographer: Unknown photographer.

Photographer: Clive Head. K64 slide scan. Built 1957 for BEA. Cambrian 1970, merged into British Airways 1974. Leased to Alidair 1975 until 1976, sold to BAF 1984. Leased to Guernsey Airlines 1986, Virgin 1987. Returned 1988, withdrawn Southend 1992 and subsequently scrapped. Based on BAF's then new colours, titles were small at first.

Former Pan Am aircraft.

Registered in November 1974. Bob Kerr photo