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C/N 11925

SAAF 6877


11925 6877 Will Blunt

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SAAF 6877

In Target Towing colours Dazzle Dak when with 25 Squadron

Photograph: Will Blunt

11925 6877 Paul Dubois 1

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SAAF 6877 over Cape Town

In Target Towing colours Dazzle Dak when with 25 Squadron

Note the shield in front of the tail wheel. This was attached to prevent the cable of the drogue getting caught in the tail wheel assembly when winched in and out.

Photographer: Unknown

Source: Paul Dubois collection

11925 6877 Paul Dubois 2

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SAAF 6877

In Target Towing colours Dazzle Dak when with 25 Squadron

Note the shield in front of the tail wheel. This was attached to prevent the cable of the drogue getting caught in the tail wheel assembly when winched in and out.

Photographer: Unknown

Source: Paul Dubois collection

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SAAF 6877

In Target Towing colours Dazzle Dak when with 25 Squadron

Note the shield in front of the tail wheel. This was attached to prevent the cable of the drogue getting caught in the tail wheel assembly when winched in and out.

Photographer: Unknown

Source: SAAF Museum

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SAAF 6877

In Target Towing colours Dazzle Dak

Photographer: Unknown

Source: SAAF Museum

11925 6877 Etienne du Plessis

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SAAF 6877

Photograph: Etienne du Plessis

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Painting of SAAF 6877

In Target Towing colours Dazzle Dak

Artist: Bertus de Goede

Source: SAAF Museum

11925 6877 01 jul 2006 GOMA Guido Potters

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SAAF 6877

1 July 2006

Goma

At one stage was the SAAF Dazzle Dak used for target towing with 25 Squadron

Turbo-prop DC-3 6877 came to the Congo to replace Casa 212 8010 of the South African Air Force. The aircraft was temporarily based at GOM and flew mainly to destinations in the province of North-Kivu. The SAAF supports South African MONUC troops in DRC. Goma (GOM / FZNA) Congo (Kinshasa), July 1, 2006.

MONUC is a French acronym for Mission de l'Organisation des Nations Unies en République démocratique du Congo

English: Mission of the United Nations Organisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Photograph: Guido Potters

11925 6877 FATP 10-05-2008 L Deon Prins

SAAF 6877

At Tempe 10 May 2006

Photograph: Deon Prins

11925 6877 FATP 10-05-2008 T Deon Prins

SAAF 6877

At Tempe 10 May 2006

Photograph: Deon Prins

SAAF 6877

At Ysterplaat 23 September 2006

Photograph: Stephan Rossouw SR Photography

11925 6877 East London Air show Ben Schoeman FAEL 9 June 2007 Gary Shephard

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SAAF 6877

At the East London air show

Ben Schoeman Airport 9 June 2007

Photograph: Gary Shephard LightSketch Photography

SAAF 6877 at AFB Ysterplaat during Africa Aerospace & Defence 17-21 September 2008

Photograph: Jens Frischmuth Hangar Talk Online Aviation Magazine


SAAF 6877 at AFB Ysterplaat during Africa Aerospace & Defence 17-21 September 2008


Photograph: Jens Frischmuth
Hangar Talk Online Aviation Magazine

SAAF 6877 at AFB Ysterplaat during Africa Aerospace & Defence 17-21 September 2008

Photograph: Jens Frischmuth Hangar Talk Online Aviation Magazine

11925 6877 AAD 2008 Ysterplaat 20 September 2008 Jacobus Saayman 1

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SAAF 6877

At AFB Ysterplaat at the Africa Aerospace & Defence show 17-21 September 2008

20 September 2008

Photograph: Jacobus Saayman

11925 6877 AAD 2008 Ysterplaat 20 September 2008 Jacobus Saayman 2

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SAAF 6877

At AFB Ysterplaat at the Africa Aerospace & Defence show 17-21 September 2008

20 September 2008

Photograph: Jacobus Saayman

11925 6877 AAD 2008 Ysterplaat 20 September 2008 Jacobus Saayman 3

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SAAF 6877

At AFB Ysterplaat at the Africa Aerospace & Defence show 17-21 September 2008

20 September 2008

Photograph: Jacobus Saayman

11925 6877 AAD 2008 Ysterplaat 20 September 2008 Jacobus Saayman 4

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SAAF 6877

At AFB Ysterplaat at the Africa Aerospace & Defence show 17-21 September 2008

20 September 2008

Photograph: Jacobus Saayman

11925 6877 Swartkop 24 September 2008 Steve Brimley

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SAAF 6877

At Swartkop 24 September 2008

Photograph: Steve Brimley

11925 SAAF 6877 Accident Mthatha Airport 6 November 2012-02

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SAAF 6877

Landing accident at Mthatha (formerly Umtata) Airport 7 November 2012

Photograph courtesy http://www.flyafrica.info/forums/showthread.php?53098-C47TP-Umtata-incident

Upon landing, aircraft departed the runway to the right after the second bounce and ran into a ditch, collapsong the starboard undercarriage and damaging the propellor.
Information courtesy: http://www.saairforce.co.za/the-airforce/history/saaf/attrition-summaries

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