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C/N 26437
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TYPE: C-47B-10-DK (VIP Converted Military)
C/N 14992/26437
Delivery date: 28 October 1944
KJ998 RAF Montreal 28 October 1944
ACSEA 22 February 1945
62 squadron Med ME 25 April 1946
114 Squadron 11 February 1948
Oakington 16 February 1949
12 MU 17 October 1949
G-AMYY BKS Aero Charter 11 April 1953
Aviation Servicing Ltd. 16 May 1953
VP-YKP Central African Airways “Manica” 28 May
Air Rhodesia
Withdrawn from use 1974
R7134 Rhodesian Air Force 3 Squadron 16 April 1974 (VIP) 22,112 flying hours
7134 Air Force of Zimbabwe 3 Squadron (VIP)
Information from Bill Sykes, 29 August 2009
One of three ex Zimbabwe Air Force daks flown to Wonderboom in 2001/2, to Gert de Klerk for conversion to TP.
The three were C/N 26437 (7134) C/N 32651 (7039) C/N 42978 (7310)
C/N 32651 (7039) and C/N 42978 (7310) were relocated to Gert de Klerk's Freeway Airfield, Kromdraai, in August 2009. C/N 26437 (7134) remained at Wonderboom.
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C/N 26437
VP-YKP Central African Airways
Photograph: Brian Robbins
C/N 26437
Air Force of Zimbabwe 7134
Photograph: John Reid-Rowland
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C/N 26437
Ex Air Force of Zimbabwe 7134.
Awaiting conversion to TP "Turbo Dak".
At Wonderboom Airport 19 September 2014.
Photograph: Kevin Perry.
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C/N 26437
Ex Air Force of Zimbabwe 7134.
Awaiting conversion to TP "Turbo Dak".
At Wonderboom Airport 19 September 2014.
Photograph: Kevin Perry.
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DC-3 Individual Aircraft History