Registration / Serial:ZS-AGJ
Aircraft Original Type:Junkers Ju 86
Aircraft Generic Type:Junkers Ju 86
Aircraft Version:Junkers Ju 86Z-7
C/n (msn):860280
Operator Titles:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
Aircraft Name:General David Baird
Location:In Flight
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:SAA Museum Society CollectionContact
Photo ID:317687Submit Correction
View count: 775
One of 18 Ju86 aircraft operated by South African Airways. It later joined the SAAF fleet, serialed 647. The aircraft crashed on July 9, 1945 while on a flight from Swartkop AB to Brooklyn AB, Cape Town. It flew into a into hillside near the Pakhuis Pass in bad weather. The event cost the lives of all three crew members. The remains of the airframe were recovered in 1978 and are now on display at the South African Air Force Museum at Swartkop Airfield.
Registration / Serial:ZS-AGJ
Aircraft Version:Junkers Ju 86Z-7
C/n (msn):860280
Operator Titles:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
Location:In Flight
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:SAA Museum Society CollectionContact
Registration / Serial:ZS-AGJ
Aircraft Original Type:Junkers Ju 86
Aircraft Generic Type:Junkers Ju 86
Aircraft Version:Junkers Ju 86Z-7
C/n (msn):860280
Operator Titles:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
Aircraft Name:General David Baird
Location:In Flight
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:SAA Museum Society CollectionContact
Photo ID:317687Submit Correction
View count: 775
One of 18 Ju86 aircraft operated by South African Airways. It later joined the SAAF fleet, serialed 647. The aircraft crashed on July 9, 1945 while on a flight from Swartkop AB to Brooklyn AB, Cape Town. It flew into a into hillside near the Pakhuis Pass in bad weather. The event cost the lives of all three crew members. The remains of the airframe were recovered in 1978 and are now on display at the South African Air Force Museum at Swartkop Airfield.
Registration / Serial:ZS-AGJ
Aircraft Version:Junkers Ju 86Z-7
C/n (msn):860280
Operator Titles:South African Airways - Suid-Afrikaanse Lugdiens
Location:In Flight
Country:South Africa
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:SAA Museum Society CollectionContact