Where there is war... the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is present. They fly a massive mixed fleet of leased aircraft, often South African registered. This Beech 1900 is one of them, clearly marked with a red cross, so no opposing forces with bad intentions could mix up this aircraft with a military aircraft. In that way, one hopes that the ICRC aircraft will not be shot by surface-to-air fires.

This Turbo Dakota flew over the city of Goma in Eastern Congo, the aircraft belongs to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and is used for airdropping, medical supplies, passenger and medical team transports as well as reuniting people over long distances with their families.

Acquired by Missionary Flights International in 2015, and flown from South Africa to the USA in May 2017. Restoration continues with efforts concentrating on fuselage sheet metal repair. The "IORO" titles are in fact ICRC titles, which were modified to a meaningless IORO in early 2005. This was done to aid the aircraft (then 5Y-RDS) to escape from Kenya. Note the red cross on the fuselage roof.

Acquired by Missionary Flights International in 2015, and flown from South Africa to the USA in May 2017. Restoration continues with efforts concentrating on fuselage sheet metal repair. Note the very faded ICRC titles.

Aircraft still has the ICRC titles that were changed to a meaningless "IORO" in early 2005. This was done to aid the aircraft (then 5Y-RDS) to escape from Kenya. It was acquired by Missionary Flights International in 2015 following 10 years of storage at Lanseria, South Africa, and ferried to MFI headquarters in May 2017. Currently undergoing a complete restoration to bring it in line with MFI's other two DC-3-65TP aircraft.