C/N 25311
Type: C-47A-30-DK
Originally allocated C/N 13866
43-48050 USAF
KG767 RAF. Delivered 10 July 1944 RAF Nassau. Was to have gone to RAF as Dakota III KG767 but was diverted to SAAF as 6840 so no RAF service.
6840 SAAF 11 August 1944
Converted to Turbo DC-3-65TP
South African Air Force 35 Squadron
On Wednesday 5 December 2012 SAAF C-47TP Dakota 6840, of 35 Squadron, crashed on a mountain top near Giants Castle in the Drakensburg Mountains. She was on a routine shuttle run from Waterkloof Air Force base to Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. Severe weather conditions prevailed. All eleven members of the SAAF were killed.
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
Photograph: Will Blunt
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
Ysterplaat
4 December 2004
Photograph: Fanie Kleynhans
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
Ysterplaat
4 December 2004
Photograph: Fanie Kleynhans
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
Ysterplaat air show 3 December 2005
Photograph: Gary Shephard LightSketch Photography
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
At AFB Ysterplaat September 2006
Photograph: Karel Zaayman
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
30 August 2006
Photograph: Guido Potters
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
10 August 2006
6840 / 40 (cn 13866/25311) SAAF DC-3TP '77' didn't serve long in Goma. Late July 2006, this '40', painted in very low viz colours, came to FZNA. The Dakota was used for parachute dropping the day the picture was taken, hence the open door. Goma (GOM / FZNA) Congo (Kinshasa), August 10, 2006.
Photograph: Guido Potters
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
Presidential Inauguration Fly-past
At Swartkop 9 May 2009
Photograph: Malcom Reid
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
At Swartkop 9 May 2009
Photograph: Malcom Reid
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
At Swartkop 9 May 2009
Photograph: Deon Prins
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
At Swartkop 9 May 2009
Photograph: Deon Prins
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
At Swartkop 9 May 2009
Photograph: Deon Prins
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
Silver Falcons colours
Photograph: Justin de Reuck
www.aviationphotographer.co.za
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
Silver Falcons colours
14 September 2012
Photograph: Justin de Reuck
www.aviationphotographer.co.za
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
Silver Falcons colours
At AAD 2012 Waterkloof (Africa Aerospace and Defence) September 2012
Photograph: Stefaan Bouwer
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
Silver Falcons colours
At AAD 2012 Waterkloof (Africa Aerospace and Defence) September 2012
Photograph: Stefaan Bouwer
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
Silver Falcons colours
At AAD 2012 Waterkloof (Africa Aerospace and Defence) September 2012
Photograph: Stefaan Bouwer
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C/N 25311
SAAF 6840
Silver Falcons colours
At AAD 2012 Waterkloof (Africa Aerospace and Defence) September 2012
Photograph: Stefaan Bouwer
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DC-3 Individual Aircraft History